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Suppression of a +1 T Mutation by a Nearby Substitution in the Mitochondrial Cox1 Gene of Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii: A New Type of Frameshift Suppression in an Organelle Genome
Remacle, Claire; Colin, Martine; Matagne, René-Fernand
1998In Molecular and General Genetics, 259 (3), p. 294-8
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Abstract :
[en] In Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, mutants defective in the cytochrome pathway of respiration lack the capacity to grow under heterotrophic conditions (in darkness on acetate). In the dark- strain duM18, a + 1 T addition in a run of four Ts, located at codon 145 of the mitochondrial cox1 gene encoding subunit I of cytochrome c oxidase, is responsible for the mutant phenotype. A leaky revertant (su11) that grows heterotrophically at a lower rate than wild-type cells was isolated from dum18. Its respiration sensitivity to cyanide was low and its cytochrome c oxidase activity was only 4% of that of the wild-type enzyme. Meiotic progeny obtained from crosses between revertant and wild-type cells inherited the phenotype of the mt- parent, showing that the suppressor mutation, like dum18 itself, is located in the mitochondrial genome. In order to map the su11 mutation relative to dum18, a recombinational analysis was performed on the diploid progeny. It demonstrated that su11 was very closely linked to the dum18 mutation less than 20-30 bp away. The cox1 gene of the su11 revertant was then sequenced. In addition to the + 1 T frameshift mutation still present at codon 145, an A-->C substitution was found at codon 146, leading to the replacement of a glutamic acid by an alanine in the polypeptide chain. No other mutations were detected in the cox1 coding sequence. As the new GCG codon (Ala) created at position 146 is very seldom used in the mitochondrial genome of C. reinhardtii, we suggest that the partial frameshift suppression by the nearby substitution is due to an occasional abnormal translocation of the ribosome (+ 1 base shift) facilitated both by the run of Ts and the low level of weak interaction of alanyl-tRNA.
Disciplines :
Genetics & genetic processes
Author, co-author :
Remacle, Claire  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la vie > Génétique
Colin, Martine ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Bloc opératoire - urologie - chirurgie abdominale
Matagne, René-Fernand ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Services généraux (Faculté des sciences) > Relations académiques et scientifiques (Sciences)
Language :
English
Title :
Suppression of a +1 T Mutation by a Nearby Substitution in the Mitochondrial Cox1 Gene of Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii: A New Type of Frameshift Suppression in an Organelle Genome
Publication date :
August 1998
Journal title :
Molecular and General Genetics
ISSN :
0026-8925
Publisher :
Springer, Germany
Volume :
259
Issue :
3
Pages :
294-8
Peer reviewed :
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