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Ypr140wp, 'the yeast tafazzin', displays a mitochondrial lysophosphatidylcholine (lyso-PC) acyltransferase activity related to triacylglycerol and mitochondrial lipid synthesis.


ABSTRACT: When the yeast protein Ypr140w was expressed in Escherichia coli, a lyso-PC [lysophosphatidylcholine (1-acylglycerophosphorylcholine)] acyltransferase activity was found associated with the membranes of the bacteria. To our knowledge, this is the first identification of a protein capable of catalysing the acylation of lyso-PC molecules to form PC. Fluorescence microscopy analysis of living yeasts revealed that the fusion protein Ypr140w-green fluorescent protein is targeted to the mitochondria. Moreover, in contrast with wild-type cells, in the absence of acyl-CoA, the yeast mutant deleted for the YPR140w gene has no lyso-PC acyltransferase activity associated with the mitochondrial fraction. When yeast cells were grown in the presence of lactate, the mutant synthesized 2-fold more triacylglycerols when compared with the wild-type. Moreover, its mitochondrial membranes contained a lesser amount of PC and cardiolipin, and the fatty acid composition of these latter was greatly changed. These modifications were accompanied by a 2-fold increase in the respiration rates (states 3 and 4) of the mitochondria. The relationship between the deletion of the YPR140w gene and the lipid composition of the ypr140wDelta cells is discussed.

SUBMITTER: Testet E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1134991 | biostudies-literature | 2005 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Ypr140wp, 'the yeast tafazzin', displays a mitochondrial lysophosphatidylcholine (lyso-PC) acyltransferase activity related to triacylglycerol and mitochondrial lipid synthesis.

Testet Eric E   Laroche-Traineau Jeanny J   Noubhani Abdelmajid A   Coulon Denis D   Bunoust Odile O   Camougrand Nadine N   Manon Stephen S   Lessire René R   Bessoule Jean-Jacques JJ  

The Biochemical journal 20050501 Pt 3


When the yeast protein Ypr140w was expressed in Escherichia coli, a lyso-PC [lysophosphatidylcholine (1-acylglycerophosphorylcholine)] acyltransferase activity was found associated with the membranes of the bacteria. To our knowledge, this is the first identification of a protein capable of catalysing the acylation of lyso-PC molecules to form PC. Fluorescence microscopy analysis of living yeasts revealed that the fusion protein Ypr140w-green fluorescent protein is targeted to the mitochondria.  ...[more]

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