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Mitochondrial FtsZ in a chromophyte alga.

Science (New York, N.Y.) ·Vol. 287 ·No. 5456 ·2000-02-18 ·Pages 1276-9

Beech PL, Nheu T, Schultz T, Herbert S, Lithgow T, Gilson PR, McFadden GI

Abstract

A homolog of the bacterial cell division gene ftsZ was isolated from the alga Mallomonas splendens. The nuclear-encoded protein (MsFtsZ-mt) was closely related to FtsZs of the alpha-proteobacteria, possessed a mitochondrial targeting signal, and localized in a pattern consistent with a role in mitochondrial division. Although FtsZs are known to act in the division of chloroplasts, MsFtsZ-mt appears to be a mitochondrial FtsZ and may represent a mitochondrial division protein.

MeSH Terms

Alphaproteobacteria/chemistry Arabidopsis Proteins Biological Evolution Chloroplasts/chemistry,physiology Eukaryota/chemistry,genetics,physiology,ultrastructure Fungal Proteins/analysis GTP Phosphohydrolases/analysis GTP-Binding Proteins/chemistry,genetics,metabolism Gene Library Microscopy, Confocal Microscopy, Fluorescence Mitochondria/chemistry,metabolism,physiology,ultrastructure Mitochondrial Proteins Molecular Sequence Data Phylogeny Plant Proteins/chemistry,genetics,metabolism Recombinant Fusion Proteins/analysis Saccharomyces cerevisiae/chemistry Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins

Chemicals

Arabidopsis Proteins FTSZ protein, Arabidopsis Fungal Proteins Mitochondrial Proteins Plant Proteins Recombinant Fusion Proteins Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins GTP Phosphohydrolases GTP-Binding Proteins DNM1 protein, S cerevisiae

Authors & Affiliations

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Beech P L

Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Melbourne, 3125, Australia. plbeech@deakin.edu.au

Nheu T

Schultz T

Herbert S

Lithgow T

Gilson P R

McFadden G I

Article Info

Journal

Science (New York, N.Y.)

Abbr.

Science

ISSN

0036-8075

DOI

10.1126/science.287.5456.1276

plbeech@deakin.edu.au

Published

2000-02-18

Pages

1276-9

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

0404511

Subset

Databases

GENBANK

AB032071, AF120116, AF120117

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PMID: 10712157

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5456.1276 View journal details

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