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JBC, Vol. 254, Issue 19, 9331-9334, Oct, 1979

Mutations in putative intervening sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene of yeast produce abnormal cytochrome b polypeptides

M. Solioz and G. Schatz

The apoprotein of yeast cytochrome b is translated on mitochondrial ribosomes and coded for by a split gene which is located in the COB-BOX region on mitochondrial DNA. With the aid of an antibody against cytochrome b, we identified the cytochrome b-cross-reacting polypeptides of respiration-deficient mutants mapping either in coding or intervening sequences of the cytochrome b gene. Most mutations in the coding regions caused the accumulation of a single apocytochrome b fragment whose apparent molecular weight (12,000 to 26,600) depended on the map position of the mutation. In contrast, mutations in putative intervening sequences often led to multiple new polypeptides immunologically related to apocytochrome b. Some of these abnormal polypeptides were considerably larger than wild type apocytochrome b. This suggests that mutations in intervening sequences can thus generate aberrant polypeptide products.
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