Elongator protein 3 (Elp3) lysine acetyltransferase is a tail-anchored mitochondrial protein in Toxoplasma gondii
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2013
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American English
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Background: Protein acetylation is prevalent in mitochondria, yet acetyltransferases mediating this activity are unknown.
Results: Toxoplasma Elongator protein 3 (Elp3) possesses a unique C-terminal transmembrane domain necessary and sufficient to target it to the mitochondria.
Conclusion: Elp3 is an essential tail-anchored mitochondrial acetyltransferase in Toxoplasma.
Significance: Elp3 has conserved functions involving mitochondria that may predate its established role in transcription.
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Stilger KL, Sullivan WJ Jr. Elongator protein 3 (Elp3) lysine acetyltransferase is a tail-anchored mitochondrial protein in Toxoplasma gondii. J Biol Chem. 2013;288(35):25318-25329. doi:10.1074/jbc.M113.491373
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Journal of Biological Chemistry
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