Journal
EMBO JOURNAL
Volume 21, Issue 1-2, Pages 43-52Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/21.1.43
Keywords
cytochrome oxidase; Leigh's syndrome; MSS51; SHY1; SURF1
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [R01 GM050187, GM50187] Funding Source: Medline
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SHY1 codes for a mitochondrial protein required for full expression of cytochrome oxidase (COX) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mutations in the homologous human gene (SURF1) have been reported to cause Leigh's syndrome, a neurological disease associated with COX deficiency. The function of Shy1p/Surf1p is poorly understood. Here we have characterized revertants of shy1 null mutants carrying extragenic nuclear suppressor mutations. The steady-state levels of COX in the revertants is increased by a factor of 4-5, accounting for their ability to respire and grow on non-fermentable carbon sources at nearly wildtype rates. The suppressor mutations are in MSS51, a gene previously implicated in processing and translation of the COX1 transcript for subunit 1 (Cox1) of COX. The function of Shy1p and the mechanism of suppression of shy1 mutants were examined by comparing the rates of synthesis and turnover of the mitochondrial translation products in wild-type, mutant and revertant cells. We propose that Shy1p promotes the formation of an assembly intermediate in which Cox1 is one of the partners.
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