ABF2 cDNA ORF clone, Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288C

The nucleotide sequence of Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosome XIII.
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Nature387(6632 Suppl)90-3(1997 May)

Life with 6000 genes.
Goffeau A, Barrell BG, Bussey H, Davis RW, Dujon B, Feldmann H, Galibert F, Hoheisel JD, Jacq C, Johnston M, Louis EJ, Mewes HW, Murakami Y, Philippsen P, Tettelin H, Oliver SG
Science (New York, N.Y.)274(5287)546, 563-7(1996 Oct)

Abf2p does not significantly affect either binding of Cce1p to branched DNA or rate and specificity of Holliday junction resolution. These data suggest the existence of an alternative homologous recombination pathway in yeast mitochondria.
Title: Interaction between Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mitochondrial DNA-Binding Protein Abf2p and Cce1p Resolvase.

results suggest in log-phase cells, lack of Abf2p influences morphology of mt-nucleoids and their transmission into the bud; results suggest in stationary-phase cells, lack of Abf2p does not significantly alter protein composition of the mt-nucleoids
Title: Morphology and protein composition of the mitochondrial nucleoids in yeast cells lacking Abf2p, a high mobility group protein.

Loss of Abf2p, an abundant mitochondrial nucleoid-associated protein, results in increased mitochondrial frameshifts and direct-repeat mediated deletions but has no effect on the rate of mitochondrial point mutations.
Title: Loss of the mitochondrial nucleoid protein, Abf2p, destabilizes repetitive DNA in the yeast mitochondrial genome.

Abf2 binds to most of the mitochondrial genome with a preference for GC-rich gene sequences. Thus, Abf2 is a bona fide mitochondrial DNA-packaging protein in vivo.
Title: Mitochondrial nucleoids undergo remodeling in response to metabolic cues.