1992
Two related genes encoding extremely hydrophobic proteins suppress a lethal mutation in the yeast mitochondrial processing enhancing protein.
West A, Clark D, Martin J, Neupert W, Hartl F, Horwich A. Two related genes encoding extremely hydrophobic proteins suppress a lethal mutation in the yeast mitochondrial processing enhancing protein. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1992, 267: 24625-24633. PMID: 1447206, DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)35810-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceBase SequenceChromosomes, FungalDNA, FungalGenes, FungalGenes, LethalGenes, SuppressorGenotypeMitochondriaMolecular Sequence DataMutationOpen Reading FramesPeptidesPlasmidsProtein ConformationRestriction MappingSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSequence DeletionSequence Homology, Amino AcidSuppression, GeneticTemperatureConceptsProtein importHydrophobic proteinsNH2-terminal signal peptideYeast genomic libraryNonfermentable carbon sourcesProteins of mitochondriaMitochondrial membrane proteinPrecursor proteinHigh-copy plasmidMitochondrial processingProtein translocationGenomic libraryPEP geneGrowth defectChromosomal genesMembrane proteinsMitochondrial matrixSignal peptideGenetic suppressionLethal mutationsMitochondrial membraneDouble disruptionRelated genesSequence analysisProteolytic removal
1987
Import and processing of human ornithine transcarbamoylase precursor by mitochondria from Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Cheng M, Pollock R, Hendrick J, Horwich A. Import and processing of human ornithine transcarbamoylase precursor by mitochondria from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1987, 84: 4063-4067. PMID: 3295876, PMCID: PMC305022, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.84.12.4063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMitochondrial membraneEnzymatic activityNH2-terminal leader peptideMitochondrial matrix fractionWild-type precursorS. cerevisiae strainMitochondrial importMammalian mitochondriaMature subunitSubunit precursorOperon promoterS. cerevisiaeSelective growth conditionsLeader peptideYeast cellsArtificial mutationsOTCase activityMatrix fractionOrnithine transcarbamoylaseCerevisiae strainSaccharomycesGrowth conditionsMatrix compartmentMitochondriaSubunits