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Originally published as Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print on July 29, 2007.
Genetics, Vol. 177, 137-149, September 2007, Copyright © 2007
doi:10.1534/genetics.107.075051
Alternative Splicing Gives Rise to Different Isoforms of the Neurospora crassa Tob55 Protein That Vary in Their Ability to Insert ß-Barrel Proteins Into the Outer Mitochondrial Membrane
Suzanne C. Hoppins*,1,
Nancy E. Go*,
Astrid Klein
,
Simone Schmitt,2,
Walter Neupert,
Doron Rapaport,3 and
Frank E. Nargang*,4
* Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9, Canada and Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Universität München, 81377 München, Germany
4 Communicating author: Department of Biological Services, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Canada.
E-mail: frank.nargang{at}ualberta.ca
Tob55 is the major component of the TOB complex, which is found in the outer membrane of mitochondria. A sheltered knockout of the tob55 gene was developed in Neurospora crassa. When grown under conditions that reduce the levels of the Tob55 protein, the strain exhibited a reduced growth rate and mitochondria isolated from these cells were deficient in their ability to import ß-barrel proteins. Surprisingly, Western blots of wild-type mitochondrial proteins revealed two bands for Tob55 that differed by 
4 kDa in their apparent molecular masses. Sequence analysis of cDNAs revealed that the tob55 mRNA is alternatively spliced and encodes three isoforms of the protein, which are predicted to contain 521, 516, or 483 amino acid residues. Mass spectrometry of proteins isolated from purified outer membrane vesicles confirmed the existence of each isoform in mitochondria. Strains that expressed each isoform of the protein individually were constructed. When cells expressing only the longest form of the protein were grown at elevated temperature, their growth rate was reduced and mitochondria isolated from these cells were deficient in their ability to assembly ß-barrel proteins.
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