title: Opinion: peroxisomal-protein import: is it really that complex?
abstract: Peroxisomal enzymes are synthesized in the cytoplasm and imported post-translationally across the peroxisome membrane. Unlike other organelles with a sealed membrane, peroxisomes can import folded enzymes, and they seem to lack intraperoxisomal chaperones. Here, we propose a mechanistic model for the early steps in peroxisomal-matrix-enzyme import, which might help to explain the unusual features of this process.
authors: Department of Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. sgould@jhmi.edu
authors: Stephen J
authors: SJ
authors: Gould
authors: Cynthia S
authors: CS
authors: Collins
mesh_terms: D000074183:ATPases Associated with Diverse Cellular Activities; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D000074401:Peroxins; D000074435:Peroxisome-Targeting Signal 1 Receptor; D020675:Peroxisomes / Q000502:physiology*; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000502:physiology*; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000378:metabolism; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; C499195:PEX14 protein, S cerevisiae; D000074401:Peroxins; D000074435:Peroxisome-Targeting Signal 1 Receptor; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D000074183:ATPases Associated with Diverse Cellular Activities; C490760:PEX6 protein, S cerevisiae; C490759:PEX6 protein, human; C096998:Pex6 protein, rat