Substrate recognition by mitochondrial processing peptidase toward the malate dehydrogenase precursor

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1019-1023

  Shimokata, Kunitoshi ^a   Nishio, Takenori ^a   Song, Myeong Cheol ^a   Kitada, Sakae ^a   Ogishima, Tadashi ^a   Ito, Akio ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extension peptide; Malate dehydrogenase precursor; Mitochondrial processing peptidase; Peptide substrate; Substrate recognition

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ENZYME PRECURSOR; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; MUTANT PROTEIN; PEPTIDASE; PROLINE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0030771578     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021841     Document Type: Article

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