Article
Assay and properties of the mitochondrial dynamin related protein Opa1.
Methods in enzymology - 1 Jan 2005
Griparic Lorena, van der Bliek Alexander M
Abstract excerpt
Opa1, also known as Mgm1 in yeast, is a mitochondrial member of the dynamin family. Unlike other dynamin family members, Opa1 has an N-terminal mitochondrial targeting sequence, suggesting that this protein is imported into mitochondria. Here, we describe biochemical techniques, such as mitochondrial isolation, digitonin extraction, a protease protection assay, and carbonate extraction, that were used to...
Topics
- Animals
- Brain
- Cattle
- Digitonin
- GTP Phosphohydrolases
- Guanosine Triphosphate
- Humans
- Mitochondria, Liver
- Mitochondrial Proteins
- Mutation
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
