A mutation in the GTPase domain of the large subunit rRNA is involved in the suppression of a -1T frameshift mutation affecting a mitochondrial gene in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Matagne, René-Fernand; Baurain, Denis
2001 • In Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 266 (1), p. 103-108
[en] The dum19 mutation isolated in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is due to the deletion of one T at codon 152 of the mitochondrial cox1 gene sequence. Phenotypically, the dum19 mutant is characterized by a lack of cytochrome c oxidase activity and is unable to grow under heterotrophic conditions. A spontaneous pseudo-revertant that grows slowly in the dark was isolated from the dum19 mutant strain. A genetic and molecular analysis allowed us to demonstrate that the revertant phenotype is the consequence of two additional mutations that together act as a frameshift suppressor: an m mutation affecting a mitochondrial gene other than cox1 and an n mutation affecting a nuclear gene. On its own the n mutation does not act as a suppressor, whereas the m mutation very slightly compensates for the effect of the -1T mutation. Sequencing analysis showed that the m mutation affects the GTPase-associated domain of the large subunit (LSU) ofmitochondrial rRNA. Surprisingly, two substitutions, A1090 to G and A1098 to C, were found in the LSU rRNA of the revertant, the latter one being already present in the dum19 mutant strain itself. The A1090 to G substitution is thus involved in the suppression of the frameshift mutation, but it is not clear whether the change at position 1098 is also required for the expression of the suppressed phenotype. To our knowledge, this is the first example of a mutation in the GTPase-associated domain acting as a suppressor of a frameshift mutation.
Matagne, René-Fernand ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Botanique > Génétique des microorganismes
Baurain, Denis ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Botanique > Génétique des microorganismes
Language :
English
Title :
A mutation in the GTPase domain of the large subunit rRNA is involved in the suppression of a -1T frameshift mutation affecting a mitochondrial gene in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Publication date :
September 2001
Journal title :
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
ISSN :
1617-4615
eISSN :
1617-4623
Publisher :
Springer Science & Business Media B.V., New York, United States - New York
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