Abstract
cDNA clones from the parasitic nematodes Onchocerca volvulus and Onchocerca gibsoni encode homologs of the yeast proteins MRS3 and MRS4. Together with an uncharacterised ORF on chromosome III of Caenorhabditis elegans, these constitute a new class of proteins belonging to the mitochondrial solute carrier protein superfamily. So far, five other members of this protein family have been identified in C. elegans, but levels of identity between these and the Onchocerca proteins were considerably lower. Consideration of cysteine content and overall charge implies that the natural substrates of the nematode proteins are small ions.
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