Biogenesis of the yeast frataxin homolog Yfh1p. Tim44-dependent transfer to mtHsp70 facilitates folding of newly imported proteins in mitochondria

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 3167-3180

  Geissler, Andreas ^a   Krimmer, Thomas ^a   Schönfisch, Birgit ^a   Meijer, Michiel ^b   Rassow, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b The Institute for Molecular Cell Biology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Frataxin; Hsp70; Mitochondrial protein import; Tim44; Yfh1p

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; FRATAXIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; YEAST;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); PROTEIN FOLDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE;

EID: 0034077456     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01334.x     Document Type: Article

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