A full-length cDNA clone coding for human mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH I) was isolated from a human fetal muscle cDNA library. Sequence analysis revealed structural similarities between the amino-terminal end of ALDH I and other known targeting sequences responsible for protein uptake into the mitochondria.
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Braun et al. (1987) studied this question.