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Genetics, Vol 145, 697-705, Copyright © 1997
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Cytosolic Ribosomal Mutations That Abolish Accumulation of Circular Intron in the Mitochondria Without Preventing Senescence of Podospora anserina
P. Silar, F. Koll and M. Rossignol
Centre de Genetique Moleculaire du CNRS, 91198 Gif sur Yvette cedex, France
The filamentous fungus Podospora anserina presents a degeneration syndrome called Senescence associated with mitochondrial DNA modifications. We show that mutations affecting the two different and interacting cytosolic ribosomal proteins (S7 and S19) systematically and specifically prevent the accumulation of senDNA{alpha} (a circular double-stranded DNA plasmid derived from the first intron of the mitochondrial cox1 gene or intron {alpha}) without abolishing Senescence nor affecting the accumulation of other usually observed mitochondrial DNA rearrangements. One of the mutant proteins is homologous to the Escherichia coli S4 and Saccharomyces cerevisiae S13 ribosomal proteins, known to be involved in accuracy control of cytosolic translation. The lack of accumulation of senDNA{alpha} seems to result from a nontrivial ribosomal alteration unrelated to accuracy control, indicating that S7 and S19 proteins have an additional function. The results strongly suggest that modified expression of nucleus-encoded proteins contributes to Senescence in P. anserina. These data do not fit well with some current models, which propose that intron {alpha} plays the role of the cytoplasmic and infectious Determinant of Senescence that was defined in early studies.
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