CC-1185 FUD50 (atpB deletion) mt+

$30.00

From Pierre Bennoun, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, July 1981

Phenotype: requires acetate

This is a deletion mutation in the atpB gene.


Woessner JP, Masson A, Harris EH, Bennoun P, Gillham NW, Boynton JE (1984) Molecular and genetic analysis of the chloroplast ATPase of chlamydomonas. Plant Mol Biol 3:177-190

Lemaire C, Wollman FA, Bennoun P (1988) Restoration of phototrophic growth in a mutant of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in which the chloroplast atpB gene of the ATP synthase has a deletion: an example of mitochondria-dependent photosynthesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 85:1344-1348

Lemaire C, Wollman FA (1989) The chloroplast ATP synthase in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. II. Biochemical studies on its biogenesis using mutants defective in photophosphorylation. J Biol Chem 264:10235-10242

Bulté L, Bennoun P (1990) Translational accuracy and sexual differentiation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Curr Genet 18:155–160

Bennoun P (1994) The present model for chlororespiration. Photosynthesis Research 73:273-277


  • Locus:
  • atpB
  • Chromosome:
  • chloroplast

Woessner JP, Masson A, Harris EH, Bennoun P, Gillham NW, Boynton JE (1984) Molecular and genetic analysis of the chloroplast ATPase of chlamydomonas. Plant Mol Biol 3:177-190

Lemaire C, Wollman FA, Bennoun P (1988) Restoration of phototrophic growth in a mutant of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in which the chloroplast atpB gene of the ATP synthase has a deletion: an example of mitochondria-dependent photosynthesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 85:1344-1348

Lemaire C, Wollman FA (1989) The chloroplast ATP synthase in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. II. Biochemical studies on its biogenesis using mutants defective in photophosphorylation. J Biol Chem 264:10235-10242

Bulté L, Bennoun P (1990) Translational accuracy and sexual differentiation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Curr Genet 18:155–160

Bennoun P (1994) The present model for chlororespiration. Photosynthesis Research 73:273-277