Fig. 3.—
Cellular localization of MPP subunits and core proteins in Trypanosoma brucei. (A) Immunoblot detection of MPP subunits and cp1 in cytosolic (Cyto) and mitochondrial (Mito) fractions isolated from T. brucei procyclic and bloodstream cells. The Rieske protein was used as a bc1 complex marker. Cpn60, porin, and enolase were used as marker proteins of the mitochondrial matrix, mitochondrial membrane, and cytosol, respectively. (B) Immunoblot analysis of membrane and matrix fractions of T. brucei mitochondria isolated from procyclic trypanosomes. (C–F) Detection of α- and β-MPP subunits in transformed T. brucei. procyclic (C, D) and bloodstream (E, F) forms. The proteins were expressed with carboxy terminal hemagglutinin tag in procyclic cells (C, D) or V5 tag in bloodstream cells (E, F) and detected using mouse monoclonal anti-hemagglutinin and anti-V5 antibodies, respectively. Mitotracker was used as a control for the visualization of mitochondria.