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Genetics, Vol 134, 21-28, Copyright © 1993
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Nuclear Mutations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae That Affect the Escape of DNA from Mitochondria to the Nucleus
P. E. Thorsness and T. D. Fox
Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming 82071-3944
We have inserted a yeast nuclear DNA fragment bearing the TRP1 gene and its associated origin of DNA replication, ARS1, into the functional mitochondrial chromosome of a strain carrying a chromosomal trp1 deletion. TRP1 was not phenotypically expressed within the organelle. However, this Trp(-) strain readily gave rise to respiratory competent Trp(+) clones that contained the TRP1/ARS1 fragment, associated with portions of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), replicating in their nuclei. Thus the Trp(+) clones arose as a result of DNA escaping from mitochondria and migrating to the nucleus. We have isolated 21 nuclear mutants in which the rate of mtDNA escape is increased by screening for increased rates of papillation to Trp(+). All 21 mutations were recessive and fell into six complementation groups, termed YME1-YME6. In addition to increasing the rate of mtDNA escape, yme1 mutations also caused a heat-sensitive respiratory deficient phenotype at 37{deg} and a cold-sensitive growth defect on complete glucose medium at 14{deg}. While the other yme mutations had no detectable growth phenotypes, synergistic interactions were observed in two double mutant combinations: a yme1, yme2 double mutant failed to respire at 30{deg} and a yme4, yme6 double mutant failed to respire at all temperatures tested. None of the respiratory defects were caused by loss of functional mtDNA. These findings suggest that yme1, yme2, yme4 and yme6 mutations alter mitochondrial functions and thereby lead to an increased rate of DNA escape from the organelle.
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