Design a set of experiments using chimeric proteins, composed of a mitochondrial precursor protein fused to dihydrofolate

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Design a set of experiments using chimeric proteins, composed of a mitochondrial precursor protein fused to dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR), that could be used to determine how much of the precursor protein must protrude into the mitochondrial matrix in order for the matrix-targeting sequence to be cleaved by the matrix-processing protease.

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Molecular Cell Biology

ISBN: 978-1429234139

7th edition

Authors: Harvey Lodish, Arnold Berk, Chris A. Kaiser, Monty Krieger, Anthony Bretscher, Hidde Ploegh, Angelika Amon, Matthew P. Scott

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