Import of rat mitochondrial citrate carrier (CIC) at increasing salt concentrations promotes presequence binding to import receptor Tom20 and inhibits membrane translocation

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 118, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 3985-3995

  Zara, Vincenzo ^a   Ferramosca, Alessandra ^a   Papatheodorou, Panagiotis ^b   Palmieri, Ferdinando ^c   Rassow, Joachim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Citrate carrier; Membrane translocation; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; CITRATE CARRIER PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORTER; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; TRANSLOCASE OF OUTER MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE 20; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; IONIC STRENGTH; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SALINITY;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATTLE; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RATS; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SALTS;

BOVINAE; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 26244443715     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02526     Document Type: Article

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