The import of ferredoxin-NADP+ reductase precursor into chloroplasts is modulated by the region between the transit peptide and the mature core of the protein

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 269, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 5431-5439

  Rial, Daniela V ^a   Lombardo, Verónica A ^a   Ceccarelli, Eduardo A ^a   Ottado, Jorgelina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chloroplast import; Plant organelles; Precursor unfolding

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ENZYME; FERREDOXIN NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE REDUCTASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CHLOROPLAST; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEIN VARIANT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHLOROPLASTS; CYTOSOL; FERREDOXIN-NADP REDUCTASE; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TIME FACTORS; UREA;

PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0036438898     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03233.x     Document Type: Article

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