1985
Arginine in the leader peptide is required for both import and proteolytic cleavage of a mitochondrial precursor.
Horwich A, Kalousek F, Rosenberg L. Arginine in the leader peptide is required for both import and proteolytic cleavage of a mitochondrial precursor. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1985, 82: 4930-4933. PMID: 3895227, PMCID: PMC390471, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.82.15.4930.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeader peptideOrnithine transcarbamoylaseImport of precursorsMost mitochondrial proteinsMitochondrial matrix fractionOverall amino acid compositionMitochondrial matrix enzymeMitochondrial precursorsMitochondrial proteinsSubunit precursorAmino acid compositionBasic arginine residuesBasic residuesMatrix enzymeGlycine residueLarger precursorArginine residuesMatrix fractionIntact mitochondriaNH2-terminalDependent proteaseProteolytic cleavageTranscarbamoylaseResiduesMitochondria
1984
Structure and Expression of a Complementary DNA for the Nuclear Coded Precursor of Human Mitochondrial Ornithine Transcarbamylase
Horwich A, Fenton W, Williams K, Kalousek F, Kraus J, Doolittle R, Konigsberg W, Rosenberg L. Structure and Expression of a Complementary DNA for the Nuclear Coded Precursor of Human Mitochondrial Ornithine Transcarbamylase. Science 1984, 224: 1068-1074. PMID: 6372096, DOI: 10.1126/science.6372096.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComplementary DNALeader peptideOrnithine transcarbamylaseAmino-terminal leader peptideMost mitochondrial proteinsComplete primary structureHuman ornithine transcarbamylaseFree cytoplasmic ribosomesMitochondrial matrix enzymeCultured HeLa cellsMitochondrial proteinsCytoplasmic ribosomesRegulatory elementsNucleotide sequenceStable transformantsMatrix enzymeAsparagine residuesAcidic residuesLarger precursorMature formPrimary structureProtein occursHeLa cellsEscherichia coliAmino acids
1983
Molecular cloning of the cDNA coding for rat ornithine transcarbamoylase.
Horwich A, Kraus J, Williams K, Kalousek F, Konigsberg W, Rosenberg L. Molecular cloning of the cDNA coding for rat ornithine transcarbamoylase. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1983, 80: 4258-4262. PMID: 6576335, PMCID: PMC384016, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.80.14.4258.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOrnithine transcarbamoylaseSequential Edman analysesCDNA probeMitochondrial matrix enzymeInsertion of cDNAAmino acid residuesConsecutive amino acid residuesCarboxyl-terminal portionCytoplasmic polysomesMolecular cloningCDNA clonesEdman analysisDifferential colony hybridizationTranslation assaysX chromosomeCDNA codingMatrix enzymeEnzyme subunitMessenger speciesAcid residuesSequence presentPolysome immunoadsorptionIdentical subunitsColony hybridizationEscherichia coli