Dimerization of TOC receptor GTPases and its implementation for the control of protein import into chloroplasts

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 436, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Aronsson, Henrik ^a   Jarvis, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Dimerization; G protein activated by nucleotide dependent dimerization (GAD); GDP dissociation inhibitor (GDI) displacement factor (GDF); Protein import; Translocon at the outer envelope membrane of chloroplasts (Toc TOC)

Indexed keywords

DIMER; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PROTEIN TOC159; PROTEIN TOC33; PROTEIN TOC34; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; TRANSLOCON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHLOROPLAST; DIMERIZATION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHLOROPLASTS; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 79956017174     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20110659     Document Type: Note

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