INDEX 461
Translation factors, 133–140
defi ciency of, 136
need for specifi c, 136
Transmembrane helices, 213–214
Transmembrane potential, 392–393
Trans-splicing, 116
Trichomonas vaginalis, 14, 15
TRMU gene, 373
tRNA genes, 66. See also Transfer
RNAs (tRNAs)
loss of, 368
tRNA
Lys
, 153
mutation in, 372
“tRNA punctuation model,” 114
tRNA structure, 126–128
Trypanosoma brucei, 76, 228
Trypanosoma cruzi, 76
Trypanosomatid genera, 116–117
Trypanosomes, 20
energy metabolism and NADH
oxidation m, 227–228
RNA editing in, 119–120
Tubular cristae, formation and
maintenance of, 29
Tumor cells, apoptosis in, 390
Turnover, mitochondrial, 54
12S rRNA gene, 372
23S rRNA, 129–130
Twinkle, 98, 101
Ubiquinol, biosynthesis of, 319–324
Ubiquinone (coenzyme Q), 175, 179
role in proton translocation, 237
structure of, 181
in succinate oxidation, 200
Ubiquinone–cytochrome c
oxidoreductase, 202–210
UCP-1 (thermogenin), 267–269, 271, 332
uncoupling by, 268
UCP-1 gene, cloning of, 268
UCP-1 mRNA, 268
UCP-2, 267, 269–271
functions for, 270
UCP-2 knockout mice, 270
UCP-3, 267, 269–271
functions for, 270
UCP-3 knockout mice, 270
UCP activation pathway, 270
UGA stop codon, 127
Ugo1p protein, 44
Uncoupling
in plants, 271–272
in Saccharomyces cerevisiae,
271
Uncoupling proteins, in warm-blooded
animals, 266–271
Unidentifi ed reading frames (URFs),
65
Uniporter, 337
Uniports, 336
Upstream activating sequence (UAS),
87
Upstream repressor sequence (URS),
87
UQCRB nuclear gene, 374
Urea cycle, 309, 310
Uridylate residues, 117, 118
Ustilago cynodontis, 72
UTP (uracil triphosphate), 118
3′UTRs, 132
5′UTRs, 132–133, 137
cis-acting sequences in, 138
VA R 1 gene, 73, 131, 140
VDAC proteins, 330–331. See also
Voltage-dependent anion channel
(VDAC)
Vectorial metabolism, 231
Vesicular membranes, 24
Voltage-dependent anion channel
(VDAC), 330–331
overexpression of, 338
V-type ATPases, 251
Warburg, O., 170–171
Warburg effect, 350
Warm-blooded animals, uncoupling
proteins in, 266–271
“Xenomitochondrial cybrids/hybrids,”
96, 428
Xenomitochondrial mice, 353
X-inactivation, 373
X-linked genes, 222–223
X-linked susceptibility locus, 370
Yarrowia lipolytica, 227, 348
genetic manipulation and, 221