Protein
Mitochondrial inner membrane protease subunit 1
Organism
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c)
Function
Catalytic component of the mitochondrial inner membrane peptidase (IMP) complex. IMP catalyzes the removal of signal peptides required for the targeting of proteins from the mitochondrial matrix, across the inner membrane, into the inter-membrane space. The two catalytic IMP subunits seem to have non-overlapping substrate specificities. IMP1 substrates include nuclear encoded CYB2, mitochondrially encoded COX2, NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase and GUT2.
Similarity
Belongs to the peptidase S26 family. IMP1 subfamily.
Sequence
MTVGTLPIWSKTFSYAIRSLCFLHIIHMYAYEFTETRGESMLPTLSATNDYVHVLKNFQNGRGIKMGDCIVALKPTDPNHRICKRVTGMPGDLVLVDPSTIVNYVGDVLVDEERFGTYIKVPEGHVWVTGDNLSHSLDSRTYNALPMGLIMGKIVAANNFDKPFWDGSIRNIWGFKWINNTFLDVQAKSN