Prion-dependent switching between respiratory competence and deficiency in the yeast nam9-1 mutant.
Nam9p is a protein of the mitochondrial ribosome. The respiration-deficient Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain MB43-nam9-1 expresses Nam9-1p containing the point mutation S82L. Respiratory deficiency correlates with a decrease in the steady level of some mitochondrially encoded proteins and the complete lack of mitochondrially encoded cytochrome oxidase subunit 2 (Cox2). De novo synthesis of Cox2 in MB43-nam9-1 is unaffected, indicating that newly synthesized Cox2 is rapidly degraded. Respiratory deficiency of MB43-nam9-1 is overcome by transient overexpression of HSP104, by deletion of HSP104, by transient exposure to guanidine hydrochloride, and by expression of the C-terminal portion of Sup35, indicating an involvement of the yeast prion [PSI(+)]. Respiratory deficiency of MB43-nam9-1 can be reinduced by transfer of cytosol from S. cerevisiae that harbors [PSI(+)]. We conclude that nam9-1 causes respiratory deficiency only in combination with the cytosolic prion [PSI(+)], presenting the first example of a synthetic effect between cytosolic [PSI(+)] and a mutant mitochondrial protein.[1]References
- Prion-dependent switching between respiratory competence and deficiency in the yeast nam9-1 mutant. Chacinska, A., Boguta, M., Krzewska, J., Rospert, S. Mol. Cell. Biol. (2000) [Pubmed]
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