Interaction of mitochondrial targeting signals with acidic receptor domains along the protein import pathway: Evidence for the 'acid chain' hypothesis

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 3886-3898

  Komiya, Tohru ^a   Rospert, Sabine ^b   Koehler, Caria ^b   Looser, Renate ^b   Schatz, Gottfried ^b   Mihara, Katsuyoshi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Import receptors; Mitochondrial protein import; Mitochondrial targeting signals; Precursor proteins; Precursor recognition

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECEPTOR BINDING;

EID: 0032527780     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.14.3886     Document Type: Article

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