PURIFICATION AND SEQUENCING OF CYTOCHROME-B FROM POTATO REVEALS METHIONINE CLEAVAGE OF A MITOCHONDRIALLY ENCODED PROTEIN

被引:19
作者
BRAUN, HP [1 ]
SCHMITZ, UK [1 ]
机构
[1] FORSCHUNG BERLIN GMBH,INST GENBIOL,IHNESTR 63,W-1000 BERLIN 33,GERMANY
关键词
MITOCHONDRIA; CYTOCHROME-C REDUCTASE; CYTOCHROME-B; METHIONINE AMINOPEPTIDASE; SOLANUM-TUBEROSUM;
D O I
10.1016/0014-5793(93)81200-J
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Several mitochondrial genes from a large number of different fungi, mammals and plants have been sequenced but little is known about the corresponding translation products. We have affinity purified cytochrome c reductase from potato mitochondria and isolated the mitochondrially encoded cytochrome b protein. Amino-terminal sequencing reveals that the polypeptide does not start with a methionine. Comparison of the amino acid sequence with the recently published sequence of the gene encoding the cytochrome b apoprotein suggests that the N-formylmethionine is removed. This result provides the first evidence for the presence of a deformylase and a methionine aminopeptidase in mitochondria.
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