Zinc can play chaperone-like and inhibitor roles during import of mitochondrial small Tim proteins.
Morgan B, Ang SK, Yan G, Lu H.
Morgan B, et al. Among authors: lu h.
J Biol Chem. 2009 Mar 13;284(11):6818-25. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M808691200. Epub 2008 Dec 31.
J Biol Chem. 2009.
PMID: 19117943
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We have shown previously that although disulfide bond formation is essential for the function of these proteins in mitochondria, only reduced proteins can be imported into mitochondria (Lu, H., Allen, S., Wardleworth, L., Savory, P., and Tokatlidis, K. (2004) J. Bio …
We have shown previously that although disulfide bond formation is essential for the function of these proteins in mitochondria, only reduce …