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Role of the negative charges in the cytosolic domain of TOM22 in the import of precursor proteins into mitochondria.
Molecular and cellular biology - 1 Jun 1998
Nargang F E, Rapaport D, Ritzel R G, Neupert W, Lill R
Abstract excerpt
TOM22 is an essential mitochondrial outer membrane protein required for the import of precursor proteins into the organelles. The amino-terminal 84 amino acids of TOM22 extend into the cytosol and include 19 negatively and 6 positively charged residues. This region of the protein is thought to interact with positively charged presequences on mitochondrial preproteins, presumably via electrostatic interactions. We...
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