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dc.contributor.advisorDieckmann, Carol L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWeber, Eric Renato
dc.creatorWeber, Eric Renatoen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-31T17:44:08Zen
dc.date.available2011-10-31T17:44:08Zen
dc.date.issued1991en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/185644en
dc.description.abstractThe product of the yeast nuclear gene CBP1 is a mitochondrial protein which is necessary for the stability of the mitochondrial-encoded cytochrome b (cob) messenger RNA. In this dissertation I describe the partial purification, and the biochemical characterization of the CBP1 protein. Using a monoclonal antibody directed against CBP1, I have shown that CBP1 is a mitochondrial protein. I found that CBP1 was undetectable in a crude mitochondrial fraction isolated from a wild-type strain. However, a 66 kDa immunoreactive peptide was detected in a purified mitochondrial fraction, and was not present in a control strain. That CBP1 is a mitochondrial protein and contains an amino terminal leader peptide which is removed during import was confirmed by in vitro import of ³⁵S-labeled CBP1 into isolated mitochondria. I found that the mature protein product was 66 kDa, whereas the precursor protein migrated with the mobility of a 68 kDa polypeptide. This was in contrast to the published DNA sequence from which one can derive a molecular weight of 76 kDa for CBP1. It was determined from electrophoretic analysis of a nested group of carboxyl-terminal truncated peptides which were translated in vitro, that this aberrant electrophoretic mobility is due to a property of the carboxyl terminal region of the primary sequence which contains numerous basic residues. Having identified the CBP1 gene product in wild-type yeast, I wanted to determine the role of CBP1 in stabilizing the cob transcript. Using wild-type mitochondrial extracts containing CBP1, and extracts from a bacterial strain overexpressing CBP1, I tested different substrates derived from the 5'-untranslated leader of cob in three different types of assays; gel retardation, RNA-protein UV-crosslinking, and in scission assays in which I examined the possibility that CBP1 is responsible for generating the mature 5'-end of the cob mRNA. I was unable to show a direct interaction between CBP1 and the 5'-untranslated leader of cob mRNA in vitro. However, I was able to identify an exonuclease activity in a purified mitochondrial fraction from a wild-type yeast strain, which was not present in a control strain which harbored a deletion in the CBP1 gene.
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dc.publisherThe University of Arizona.en_US
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dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.subjectBiochemistry.en_US
dc.titlePartial purification and biochemical characterization of CBP1 from Saccharomyces cerevisiaeen_US
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dc.typeDissertation-Reproduction (electronic)en_US
dc.identifier.oclc711880522en_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Arizonaen_US
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen_US
dc.contributor.committeememberGrimes, William J.en_US
dc.contributor.committeememberLindell, Thomas J.en_US
dc.contributor.committeememberHallick, Richard B.en_US
dc.contributor.committeememberBrower, Danny L.en_US
dc.identifier.proquest9208043en_US
thesis.degree.disciplineMolecular and Cellular Biologyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineGraduate Collegeen_US
thesis.degree.namePh.D.en_US
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html.description.abstractThe product of the yeast nuclear gene CBP1 is a mitochondrial protein which is necessary for the stability of the mitochondrial-encoded cytochrome b (cob) messenger RNA. In this dissertation I describe the partial purification, and the biochemical characterization of the CBP1 protein. Using a monoclonal antibody directed against CBP1, I have shown that CBP1 is a mitochondrial protein. I found that CBP1 was undetectable in a crude mitochondrial fraction isolated from a wild-type strain. However, a 66 kDa immunoreactive peptide was detected in a purified mitochondrial fraction, and was not present in a control strain. That CBP1 is a mitochondrial protein and contains an amino terminal leader peptide which is removed during import was confirmed by in vitro import of ³⁵S-labeled CBP1 into isolated mitochondria. I found that the mature protein product was 66 kDa, whereas the precursor protein migrated with the mobility of a 68 kDa polypeptide. This was in contrast to the published DNA sequence from which one can derive a molecular weight of 76 kDa for CBP1. It was determined from electrophoretic analysis of a nested group of carboxyl-terminal truncated peptides which were translated in vitro, that this aberrant electrophoretic mobility is due to a property of the carboxyl terminal region of the primary sequence which contains numerous basic residues. Having identified the CBP1 gene product in wild-type yeast, I wanted to determine the role of CBP1 in stabilizing the cob transcript. Using wild-type mitochondrial extracts containing CBP1, and extracts from a bacterial strain overexpressing CBP1, I tested different substrates derived from the 5'-untranslated leader of cob in three different types of assays; gel retardation, RNA-protein UV-crosslinking, and in scission assays in which I examined the possibility that CBP1 is responsible for generating the mature 5'-end of the cob mRNA. I was unable to show a direct interaction between CBP1 and the 5'-untranslated leader of cob mRNA in vitro. However, I was able to identify an exonuclease activity in a purified mitochondrial fraction from a wild-type yeast strain, which was not present in a control strain which harbored a deletion in the CBP1 gene.


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