The Pam18/Tim14-Pam16/Tim16 complex of the mitochondrial translocation motor: The formation of a stable complex from marginally stable proteins

Protein Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 316-322

  Iosefson, Ohad ^a   Levy, R A N ^a   Marom, Milit ^a   Slutsky Leiderman, Olga ^a   Azem, Abdussalam ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial import; Pam16 Tim16; Pam18 Tim14; Translocation motor

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; HETERODIMER; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; OLIGOMER; PROTEIN PAM16; PROTEIN TIM14; PROTEIN TIM18; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DENATURATION; DISSOCIATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIMERIZATION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33846544948     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.062459607     Document Type: Article

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