title: A modified form of the cytochrome P450scc precursor: a new approach in studies on protein import into mitochondria.
abstract: Recombinant DNA was constructed providing hypersynthesis of a hybrid protein with a MRGSH6GIR sequence preceding the NH2-terminus of the bovine cytochrome P450scc precursor (6His-pP450scc) in Escherichia coli cells. A large-scale procedure for isolation and purification of this protein was elaborated. 6His-pP450scc was imported into isolated rat liver mitochondria and processed to the mature-sized form. As a similar procedure can be applied to other proteins the results of this work offer new opportunities in studies of protein import into mitochondria.
authors.affiliation: A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Novikova
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Savel'ev
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Luzikov
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D002417:Cattle; D002786:Cholesterol Side-Chain Cleavage Enzyme / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D014169:Transformation, Bacterial
chemical_list: D011498:Protein Precursors; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D002786:Cholesterol Side-Chain Cleavage Enzyme