Ribosome binding to the Oxa1 complex facilitates co-translational protein insertion in mitochondria

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 6448-6457

  Szyrach, Gregor ^a   Ott, Martin ^a   Bonnefoy, Nathalie ^b   Neupert, Walter ^a   Herrmann, Johannes M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Co translational insertion; Mitochondria; Oxa1; Protein export; Ribosomes

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN OXA 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE BINDING; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIBOSOME;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 0345732691     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg623     Document Type: Article

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