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  • Title: Pre-ornithine transcarbamylase. Properties of the cytoplasmic precursor of a mitochondrial matrix enzyme.
    Author: Kraus JP, Conboy JG, Rosenberg LE.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1981 Nov 10; 256(21):10739-42. PubMed ID: 6169723.
    Abstract:
    Biogenesis of the mitochondrial matrix enzyme, ornithine transcarbamylase, has been shown to begin with synthesis on cytoplasmic ribosomes of a precursor, designated pre-ornithine transcarbamylase, which is approximately 4000 daltons larger than its corresponding mitochondrial subunit, followed by post-translational uptake and proteolytic processing of the precursor to its mature counterpart by mitochondria. We now report initial studies on the structure and properties of preornithine transcarbamylase. When this precursor is labeled at the NH2 terminus with N-formyl[35S]methionine and processed by mitochondria, no label is recovered with the mature subunit. This demonstrates that the amino acid extension which is characteristic of the precursor and which is removed during mitochondrial processing is NH2-terminal. This NH2-terminal extension is found intact in two peptides produced by limited proteolysis of the labeled precursor. Moreover, this amino acid extension modifies the behavior of the precursor during immunoprecipitation in the presence of ionic detergents and plays a critical role in facilitating uptake of the precursor by mitochondria.
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