Sequences involved in mitochondrial protein import

We are studying the structure of targeting peptides involved in importing proteins in plant mitochondria.

Key publication

de Castro Silva-Filho, M., Wieers, M.-C., Flugge, U.-I., Chaumont, F. and Boutry, M. (1997). Different in vitro and in vivo targeting properties of the transit peptide of a chloroplast envelope inner membrane protein. J. Biol. Chem. 272: 15264-15269.