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 cleavageTranscarbamoylaseResiduesMitochondriaExpression of amplified DNA sequences for ornithine transcarbamylase in HeLa cells: arginine residues may be required for mitochondrial import of enzyme precursor.
Horwich A, Fenton W, Firgaira F, Fox J, Kolansky D, Mellman I, Rosenberg L. Expression of amplified DNA sequences for ornithine transcarbamylase in HeLa cells: arginine residues may be required for mitochondrial import of enzyme precursor. Journal Of Cell Biology 1985, 100: 1515-1521. PMID: 3988798, PMCID: PMC2113848, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.100.5.1515.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMitochondrial importOTC precursorsHeLa cellsOrnithine transcarbamylaseArginine residuesMouse dihydrofolate reductaseNH2-terminal leader sequenceRate of importArginine analog canavanineViral regulatory elementsImmunoprecipitation of extractsMitochondrial localizationCDNA sequenceRegulatory elementsLeader sequenceDNA sequencesEnzyme precursorsMitochondrial enzymesCell extractsDihydrofolate reductaseEnzymatic activityBlot analysisNormal precursorsResiduesSubunits