A cryptic matrix targeting signal of the yeast ADP/ATP carrier normally inserted by the TIM22 complex is recognized by the TIM23 machinery

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 385, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 173-180

  Vergnolle, Maïlys A S ^a   Sawney, Helen ^a   Junne, Tina ^b   Dolfini, Luisita ^b   Tokatlidis, Kostas ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

ADP ATP carrier; Dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) fusion; Mitochondria biogenesis; Protein translocation; Translocase of the inner membrane

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; DATA REDUCTION; POLYPEPTIDES; YEAST;

MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANES; POLYPEPTIDE CHAINS; TRANSLOCASE COMPLEXES;

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE;

ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE TRANSLOCASE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN TARGETING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CHAPERONIN 60; CYTOSOL; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL ADP, ATP TRANSLOCASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

INSERTION SEQUENCES; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 12744263108     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20040650     Document Type: Article

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