title: Studies on the import and processing of the alternative oxidase precursor by isolated soybean mitochondria.
abstract: Import of the synthetic precursor of the alternative oxidase from soybean was shown to be dependent on a membrane potential and ATP. The membrane potential in soybean mitochondria may be formed either by respiration through the cytochrome pathway, or through the alternative oxidase pathway with NAD(+)-linked substrates. Import of the alternative oxidase precursor in the presence of succinate as respiratory substrate was inhibited by KCN. Import in the presence of malate was insensitive to KCN and SHAM added separately, but was inhibited by KCN and SHAM added together (inhibitors of the cytochrome and alternative oxidases respectively). Import of the alternative oxidase was accompanied by processing of the precursor to a single 32 kDa product in both cotyledon and root mitochondria. This product had a different mobility than the two alternative oxidase bands detected by immunological means (34 and 36 kDa), suggesting that the enzyme had been modified in situ. When the cDNA clone of the alternative oxidase was modified by a single mutation (-2 Arg changed to -2 Gly), the processing of the precursor was inhibited.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Whelan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hugosson
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Glaser
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Day
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D001692:Biological Transport; D018744:DNA, Plant; D004792:Enzyme Precursors / Q000378:metabolism*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology*; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D013025:Glycine max / Q000201:enzymology*; D000099188:Alternative Oxidase
chemical_list: D018744:DNA, Plant; D004792:Enzyme Precursors; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D010940:Plant Proteins; D000099188:Alternative Oxidase