title: Nucleotide sequence of a human heart cDNA encoding the mitochondrial phosphate carrier.
abstract: We have isolated and characterized a full length cDNA clone encoding the precursor of the human heart mitochondrial phosphate carrier protein. The entire clone is 1330 bp in length with 5'- and 3'-untranslated regions of 48 and 184 bp, respectively. The open reading frame encodes the mature protein consisting of 312 amino acids, preceded by a presequence of 49 amino acids. The amino acid sequence of the mature human phosphate carrier is 93.6, 94.2 and 33.6% identical to that of the phosphate carrier from beef, rat and yeast, respectively. Like other mitochondrial transport proteins, the human phosphate carrier has a tripartite structure. Each of the three repeats contains two hydrophobic regions which presumably span the membrane in the form of alpha-helices.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaco-Biology, University of Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dolce
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fiermonte
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Messina
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Palmieri
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D006801:Humans; D008929:Mitochondria, Heart / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D028044:Phosphate-Binding Proteins; D010710:Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000235:genetics; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D028044:Phosphate-Binding Proteins; D010710:Phosphates; D011498:Protein Precursors