A chimeric mitochondrial precursor protein with internal disulfide bridges blocks import of authentic precursors into mitochondria and allows quantitation of import sites.

作者: G Schatz , D Vestweber

DOI: 10.1083/JCB.107.6.2037

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摘要: Bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (which contains three intramolecular disulfide bridges) was chemically coupled to the COOH terminus of a purified artificial mitochondrial precursor protein. When resulting chimeric presented energized isolated yeast mitochondria, its moiety prevented protein from completely entering organelle; remained stuck across both membranes, with NH2 in matrix and still exposed on surface. The incompletely imported appeared "jam" import sites since it blocked authentic proteins; did not collapse potential inner membrane. Quantification inhibition indicated that each particle between 10(2) 10(3) sites.

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