エンドウ トシヤ   ENDO TOSHIYA
  遠藤 斗志也
   所属   京都産業大学  生命科学部 先端生命科学科
   職種   客員教授
言語種別 英語
発行・発表の年月 2000/03
形態種別 研究論文
査読 査読あり
標題 Structural basis of presequence recognition by the mitochondrial protein import receptor Tom20
執筆形態 その他
掲載誌名 CELL
出版社・発行元 CELL PRESS
巻・号・頁 100(5),pp.551-560
著者・共著者 Y Abe,T Shodai,T Muto,K Mihara,H Torii,S Nishikawa,T Endo,D Kohda
概要 Most mitochondrial proteins are synthesized in the cytosol as precursor proteins with a cleavable N-terminal presequence and are imported into mitochondria. We report here the NMR structure of a general import receptor, rat Tom20, in a complex with a presenquence peptide derived from rat aldehyde dehydrogenase, The cytosolic domain of Tom20 forms an all alpha-helical structure with a groove to accommodate the presequence peptide. The bound presequence forms an amphiphilic helical structure with hydrophobic leucines aligned on one side to interact with a hydrophobic patch in the Tom20 groove. Although the positive charges of the presequence are essential for import ability, presequence binding to Tom20 is mediated mainly by hydrophobic rather than ionic interactions.
ISSN 0092-8674