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Biogenesis of mitochondria 23. The biochemical and genetic characteristics of two different oligomycin resistant mutants ofSaccharomyces cerevisiae under the influence of cytoplasmic genetic modification

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Two classes ofSaccharomyces cerevisiae mutants resistant to oligomycin, an inhibitor of mitochondrial membrane bound ATPase are described. Biochemical analysis shows thatin vitro the mitochondrial ATPase of both types of mutant are sensitive to oligomycin.In vivo sensitivity of the mutants to oligomycin can be demonstrated following anaerobic growth of the cells, which grossly alters the mitochondrial membrane and renders the ATPase of the mutants sensitive to oligomycin. It is concluded that the mutation to oligomycin resistance in both mutant types is phenotypically expressed as a change in the mitochondrial membrane. The intact mitochondrial membrane in the wild type cell is freely permeable to oligomycin, whereas the resistant mutant is impermeable to oligomycin; alteration of the mitochondrial membrane during isolation of the organelle or physiological modification of the membranes of the mitochondria by anaerobic growth renders the membranes permeable.

These mitochondrial membrane mutants differ in their cross-reference patterns and their genetics. One is resistant to oligomycin only, and behaves like previously reported cytoplasmic mutants. The other shows cross-resistance to inhibitors of mitochondrial protein synthesis as well as to oligomycin; although the mutant appears to arise from a single step mutation its genetic properties are complex and show part-nuclear and part-cytoplasmic characteristics. The implications of the observations are discussed.

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Mitchell, C.H., Bunn, C.L., Lukins, H.B. et al. Biogenesis of mitochondria 23. The biochemical and genetic characteristics of two different oligomycin resistant mutants ofSaccharomyces cerevisiae under the influence of cytoplasmic genetic modification. J Bioenerg Biomembr 4, 161–177 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01516054

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