Mestrado em Biotecnologia - Biotecnologia MolecularThe aim of this work is the study of phenotypic changes and mitochondrial morphology in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells with specific mutations in genes involved in the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. The protein turnover is important because it ensures organelles viability such as mitochondria, indispensable for cell survival. The COP9 complex is paralogous to the proteasome lid and eukaryotic translational initiator factor 3 (eIF3) complexes. The CSN5 subunit of the COP9 signalosome is responsible for the E3 ligase Cdc53/Cul1 activity through the removal of the ubiquitin-like protein, Rub1. Deletion of the Csn5 gene is lethal in high eukaryotes but not in yeast, this observation al...