The cytochrome c gene from the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: Structure and expression in wild-type cells and in obligate photoautotrophic (dk) mutants

• Published in: Plant and cell physiology Vol. 41; no. 10; pp. 1149 - 1156
• Main Authors: Felitti, S.A. (Universidad Nacional del Litoral (Argentina)), Chan, R.L, Sierra, M.G, Gonzalez, D.H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan Oxford University Press 01.10.2000; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Base Sequence; carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone; CCCP; CELL STRUCTURE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; Chlamydomonas reinhardtii - enzymology; Chlamydomonas reinhardtii - genetics; CYTOCHROME C; Cytochrome c Group - genetics; GenBank and DDBJ under accession number Z99829; GENE EXPRESSION; Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; GENES; Key words: Chlamydomonas reinhardtii — Cytochrome c — Exon/intron structure — Gene expression — Mitochondrion; LIGHT; MITOCHONDRIA; Molecular Sequence Data; MUTANTS; Mutation; NMR; nuclear magnetic resonance; TCA; The nucleotide sequence reported in this paper has been submitted to the EMBL; tricarboxylic acids

The expression of the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cytochrome c gene was studied at the steady-state mRNA level. The inclusion of acetate under illumination produced a marked increase in cytochrome c transcripts. This effect was not affected by two inhibitors of mitochondrial energy metabolism. Three d...