Structural characterizations of the chloroplast translocon protein Tic110

Plant Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 847-857

  Tsai, Jia Yin ^a,b   Chu, Chiung Chih ^a   Yeh, Yi Hung ^a   Chen, Lih Jen ^a   Li, Hsou Min ^a   Hsiao, Chwan Deng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

chloroplast; CMQ 342 C; Cyanidioschyzon merolae; HEAT repeats; Tic110; translocon

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST; CMQ 342 C; CYANIDIOSCHYZON MEROLAE; TIC110; TRANSLOCON;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

CYANIDIOSCHYZON MEROLAE;

ALGAL PROTEIN; CHLOROPLAST PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSLOCON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROPLAST; CMQ 342 C; CYANIDIOSCHYZON MEROLAE; GENETICS; HEAT REPEATS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RED ALGA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TIC110; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CHLOROPLAST; CMQ 342 C; CYANIDIOSCHYZON MEROLAE; HEAT REPEATS; TIC110; TRANSLOCON;

ALGAL PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHLOROPLAST PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RHODOPHYTA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

EID: 84883209952     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12249     Document Type: Article

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