Protein insertion into the inner membrane of mitochondria

IUBMB Life

Volumn 55, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 219-225

  Herrmann, Johannes M ^a   Neupert, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cox18; Mba1; Membrane insertion; Mitochondria; Oxa1; Protein translocation; Respiratory chain

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; OXIDASE ASSEMBLY 1; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN COX 1; PROTEIN MBA 1; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CHLOROPLAST; COMPLEX FORMATION; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037815083     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1521654031000123349     Document Type: Review

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