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Vol. 12, Issue 11, 3353-3364, November 2001

Yarrowia lipolytica Cells Mutant for the Peroxisomal Peroxin Pex19p Contain Structures Resembling Wild-Type Peroxisomes

Gareth R. Lambkin, and Richard A. Rachubinski*

Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada

PEX genes encode peroxins, which are proteins required for peroxisome assembly. The PEX19 gene of the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica was isolated by functional complementation of the oleic acid-nonutilizing strain pex19-1 and encodes Pex19p, a protein of 324 amino acids (34,822 Da). Subcellular fractionation and immunofluorescence microscopy showed Pex19p to be localized primarily to peroxisomes. Pex19p is detected in cells grown in glucose-containing medium, and its levels are not increased by incubation of cells in oleic acid-containing medium, the metabolism of which requires intact peroxisomes. pex19 cells preferentially mislocalize peroxisomal matrix proteins and the peripheral intraperoxisomal membrane peroxin Pex16p to the cytosol, although small amounts of these proteins could be reproducibly localized to a subcellular fraction enriched for peroxisomes. In contrast, the peroxisomal integral membrane protein Pex2p exhibits greatly reduced levels in pex19 cells compared with its levels in wild-type cells. Importantly, pex19 cells were shown by electron microscopy to contain structures that resemble wild-type peroxisomes in regards to size, shape, number, and electron density. Subcellular fractionation and isopycnic density gradient centrifugation confirmed the presence of vesicular structures in pex19 mutant strains that were similar in density to wild-type peroxisomes and that contained profiles of peroxisomal matrix and membrane proteins that are similar to, yet distinct from, those of wild-type peroxisomes. Because peroxisomal structures form in pex19 cells, Pex19p apparently does not function as a peroxisomal membrane protein receptor in Y. lipolytica. Our results are consistent with a role for Y. lipolytica Pex19p in stabilizing the peroxisomal membrane.

* Corresponding author. E-mail address: rick.rachubinski{at}ualberta.ca.

Molecular Biology of the Cell
Vol. 12, 3353-3364, November 2001
Copyright © 2001 by The American Society for Cell Biology


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