Presequence recognition by the Tom40 channel contributes to precursor translocation into the mitochondrial matrix

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 3473-3485

  Melin, Jonathan ^a   Schulz, Christian ^a   Wrobel, Lidia ^b   Bernhard, Olaf ^a   Chacinska, Agnieszka ^b   Jahn, Olaf ^c   Schmidt, Bernhard ^a   Rehling, Peter ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; TRANSLOCASE OF OUTER MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE 22; TRANSLOCASE OF OUTER MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE 40; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOAFFINITY LABELING; PRESEQUENCE RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TRANSLOCATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN;

EID: 84906070898     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: 10985549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00433-14     Document Type: Article

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