Tom22′, an 8-kDa trans-site receptor in plants and protozoans, is a conserved feature of the TOM complex that appeared early in the evolution of eukaryotes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1557-1564

  Maćašev, Diana ^a   Whelan, James ^b   Newbigin, Ed ^a   Silva Filho, Marcio C ^a,c   Mulhern, Terrence D ^a   Lithgow, Trevor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Evolution; Mitochondria; Protein import; TOM complex

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TOM22' PROTEIN; TOM40 PROTEIN; TOM7 PROTEIN; TRANSLOCASE IN THE OUTER MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE COMPLEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; TOM TRANSLOCASE; TOM40 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; TOM7 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE;

AMOEBA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DIATOM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EUKARYOTE; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; FUNGUS; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTOZOON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DIATOMS; DICTYOSTELIUM; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 3242761606     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msh166     Document Type: Article

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