A fully active FAD-containing precursor remains folded up to its translocation across the chloroplast membranes

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 253, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 132-138

  Ottado, Jorgelina ^a   Ceccarelli, Eduardo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chloroplast protein import; Ferredoxin NADP+ reductase; Precursor conformation

Indexed keywords

FERREDOXIN NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE REDUCTASE; FLAVOPROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0032053543     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2530132.x     Document Type: Article

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