Boulet A, Levra-Juillet E, Perea J, Faye G
Institut Curie-Biologie, Centre Universitaire, Orsay, France.
Curr Genet. 1990 Jun;17(6):537-41. doi: 10.1007/BF00313085.
The respiratory competency of a yeast strain devoid of mitochondrial introns is quite normal. However, it may be asked whether intron-encoded proteins participate in metabolisms other than those of mitochondrial introns. Using strains without mitochondrial introns we have answered two questions. The first was: does the absence of intron-encoded proteins abolish mitochondrial recombination? The second was: do mitochondrial introns and intron-encoded proteins play a part in mitochondrial DNA rearrangements induced by ethidium bromide (rho- production)? We have shown that the introns and intron-encoded proteins are not essential components of either phenomenon.