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. 2004 Oct 11;167(1):87–98. doi: 10.1083/jcb.200405100

Table IV. Conserved GTPase domains and EF-hand motifs of Gem1p are required for function.

gem1Δ strain containing pRS416 plus: Percent tubular network Percent collapsed Percent mutant
No insert 0.9 ± 1.3 15.8 ± 3.4 83.3 ± 4.3
GEM1 59.9 ± 6.2 25.4 ± 5.7 14.6 ± 7.1
GTPase I domain mutations:
gem1 (K18A) 3.1 ± 1.3 21.1 ± 3.5 75.8 ± 3.2
gem1 (S19N) 2.3 ± 0.9 18.6 ± 7.8 79.1 ± 7.4
gem1 (T33A) 57.8 ± 6.1 28.5 ± 4.7 13.7 ± 5.4
GTPase II domain mutations:
gem1 (K461A) 13.1 ± 6.8 31.6 ± 13.8 55.3 ± 12.0
gem1 (S462N) 3.2 ± 2.6 16.7 ± 1.6 80.1 ± 2.4
gem1 (T480A) 13.9 ± 11.7 37.9 ± 10.3 48.3 ± 5.9
EF-hand motif mutations:
gem1 (E225K) 28.7 ± 2.9 33.8 ± 2.4 37.5 ± 2.2
gem1 (E354K) 42.2 ± 3.5 30.7 ± 7.6 27.0 ± 10.4
gem1 (E225K, E354K) 14.3 ± 6.7 30.3 ± 4.9 55.3 ± 7.0

n cells > 300.

Mitochondria were visualized by expressing mito-GFP.

Percent tubular network contains wild-type morphology shown in Fig. 3 A.

Percent collapsed contains aberrant morphology shown in Fig. 3 B.

Percent mutant category contains aberrant morphologies shown in Fig. 3 (C–E).