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  • Title: Isolation and nucleotide sequence of a gene encoding tRNA nucleotidyltransferase from Kluyveromyces lactis.
    Author: Deng XY, Hanic-Joyce PJ, Joyce PB.
    Journal: Yeast; 2000 Jul; 16(10):945-52. PubMed ID: 10870105.
    Abstract:
    A gene (KlCCA1) encoding ATP(CTP):tRNA specific tRNA nucleotidyltransferase (EC 2.7.7.25) was isolated from Kluyveromyces lactis by complementation of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae cca1-1 mutation. Sequencing of a 2665 bp EcoRI-SpeI restriction fragment revealed an open reading frame potentially encoding a protein of 489 amino acids with 57% sequence similarity to its S. cerevisiae homologue. Southern hybridization revealed a single copy of KlCCA1 in the K. lactis genome. KlCCA1 was able to complement both the mitochondrial and cytosolic defects in the cca1-1 mutant, suggesting that, as in S. cerevisiae, the K. lactis gene encodes a sorting isozyme that is targeted to mitochondria and the nucleus and/or cytosol. An altered KlCCA1 gene encoding a tRNA nucleotidyltransferase that lacked its first 35 amino acids was able to complement the nuclear/cytosolic but not the mitochondrial defect in the S. cerevisiae cca1-1 mutant, suggesting that the 35 amino-terminal amino acids are necessary for targeting to mitochondria but are not required for enzyme activity. Our results suggest that the mechanisms for production and distribution of mitochondrial and nuclear/cytosolic tRNA nucleotidyltransferase in K. lactis differ from those seen in S. cerevisiae.
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