CC-3720 ccs4-F2D8 mt-

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From Beth Dreyfuss and Sabeeha Merchant, UCLA, April 1999

Phenotype: requires acetate

The ccs4 mutant, originally F2D8, is acetate requiring and shows pleiotropic deficiency in components of the cytochrome b6/f complex. This mutant is acetate requiring under both copper-sufficient and copper-depleted conditions.


Howe G, Merchant S (1992) The biosynthesis of membrane and soluble plastidic c-type cytochromes of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is dependent on multiple common gene products. EMBO J 11:2789-2801

Xie Z, Merchant S (1998) A novel pathway for cytochromes c biogenesis in chloroplasts. Biochim Biophys Acta 1365:309-318

Gabilly ST, Kropat J, Karamoko M, Page MD, Nakamoto SS, Merchant SS, Hamel PP (2011) A novel component of the disulfide-reducing pathway required for cytochrome c assembly in plastids. Genetics 187:793-802


  • Locus:
  • CCS4
  • Chromosome:
  • 1