Functional complementation analyses reveal that the single PRAT family protein of trypanosoma brucei is a divergent homolog of Tim17 in saccharomyces cerevisiae

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 286-296

  Weems, Ebony ^a   Singha, Ujjal K ^a   Hamilton, VaNae ^a   Smith, Joseph T ^a   Waegemann, Karin ^b   Mokranjac, Dejana ^b   Chaudhuri, Minu ^a  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

CARRIER PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; TIM17 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; TIM22 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; TIM23 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 84923858002     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00203-14     Document Type: Article

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