The chloroplastic protein translocation channel Toc75 and its paralog OEP80 represent two distinct protein families and are targeted to the chloroplastic outer envelope by different mechanisms

Plant Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 354-365

  Inoue, Kentaro ^a   Potter, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AtOEP80; Chloroplastic protein targeting; Envelope membrane; Evolutionary origin; Protein translocation channel; Toc75

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELL MEMBRANES; GENES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYPEPTIDES; PROTEINS;

CHLOROPLASTIC PROTEIN TRANSLOCATION CHANNELS; CYANOBACTERIA; GENE ENCODING; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OEP75 PROTEIN PRECURSOR, PLANT; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; TOC75 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TPT PROTEIN, PLANT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHLOROPLASTS; CYANOBACTERIA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS;

BACTERIA; GENES; MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDES; PLANTS; PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 3843058949     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2004.02135.x     Document Type: Article

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