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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
24
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-8-20
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Mutations in the COX17 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cause a respiratory deficiency due to a block in the production of a functional cytochrome oxidase complex. Because cox17 mutants are able to express both the mitochondrially and nuclearly encoded subunits of cytochrome oxidase, the Cox17p most likely affects some late posttranslational step of the assembly pathway. A fragment of yeast nuclear DNA capable of complementing the mutation has been cloned by transformation of the cox17 mutant with a library of genomic DNA. Subcloning and sequencing of the COX17 gene revealed that it codes for a cysteine-rich protein with a molecular weight of 8,057. Unlike other previously described accessory factors involved in cytochrome oxidase assembly, all of which are components of mitochondria, Cox17p is a cytoplasmic protein. The cytoplasmic location of Cox17p suggested that it might have a function in delivery of a prosthetic group to the holoenzyme. A requirement of Cox17p in providing the copper prosthetic group of cytochrome oxidase is supported by the finding that a cox17 null mutant is rescued by the addition of copper to the growth medium. Evidence is presented indicating that Cox17p is not involved in general copper metabolism in yeast but rather has a more specific function in the delivery of copper to mitochondria.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
14
pubmed:volume
271
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
14504-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8662933-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8662933-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8662933-Cation Transport Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8662933-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:8662933-Copper, pubmed-meshheading:8662933-Electron Transport Complex IV, pubmed-meshheading:8662933-Fungal Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8662933-Genes, Fungal, pubmed-meshheading:8662933-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:8662933-Mitochondria, pubmed-meshheading:8662933-Molecular Chaperones, pubmed-meshheading:8662933-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8662933-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:8662933-Protein Biosynthesis, pubmed-meshheading:8662933-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8662933-Restriction Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:8662933-Saccharomyces cerevisiae, pubmed-meshheading:8662933-Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Characterization of COX17, a yeast gene involved in copper metabolism and assembly of cytochrome oxidase.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't