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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5607
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-1-31
pubmed:abstractText
Transit peptides mediate protein targeting into plastids and are only poorly understood. We extracted amino acid features from transit peptides that target proteins to the relict plastid (apicoplast) of malaria parasites. Based on these amino acid characteristics, we identified 466 putative apicoplast proteins in the Plasmodium falciparum genome. Altering the specific charge characteristics in a model transit peptide by site-directed mutagenesis severely disrupted organellar targeting in vivo. Similarly, putative Hsp70 (DnaK) binding sites present in the transit peptide proved to be important for correct targeting.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1095-9203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
31
pubmed:volume
299
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
705-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-3-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12560551-Acyl Carrier Protein, pubmed-meshheading:12560551-Algorithms, pubmed-meshheading:12560551-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12560551-Amino Acid Substitution, pubmed-meshheading:12560551-Amino Acids, pubmed-meshheading:12560551-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12560551-Asparagine, pubmed-meshheading:12560551-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:12560551-Computational Biology, pubmed-meshheading:12560551-Green Fluorescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12560551-HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12560551-Heat-Shock Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12560551-Luminescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12560551-Lysine, pubmed-meshheading:12560551-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:12560551-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:12560551-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:12560551-Neural Networks (Computer), pubmed-meshheading:12560551-Organelles, pubmed-meshheading:12560551-Plasmodium falciparum, pubmed-meshheading:12560551-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:12560551-Protein Sorting Signals, pubmed-meshheading:12560551-Protein Transport, pubmed-meshheading:12560551-Protozoan Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12560551-Vacuoles
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Dissecting apicoplast targeting in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.
pubmed:affiliation
Plant Cell Biology Research Centre, School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't