Maturation of the unusual single-cysteine (XXXCH) mitochondrial c-type cytochromes found in trypanosomatids must occur through a novel biogenesis pathway

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 383, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 537-542

  Allen, James W A ^a   Ginger, Michael L ^b   Ferguson, Stuart J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C type cytochrome; Cytochrome c biogenesis; Euglena; Mitochondrial respiratory chain; Oxidative phosphorylation; Trypanosome

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHERS; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYPEPTIDES; PROTEINS;

CYSTEINE; CYTOCHROMES; EUGLENIDS; TRYPANOSOMATID GENOMES;

PIGMENTS;

CYSTEINE; CYTOCHROME C; CYTOCHROME C1; POLYPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HEME BINDING MOTIF; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; TRYPANOSOMA;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; CYSTEINE; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUGLENA; EUGLENIDA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 9144261717     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20040832     Document Type: Article

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