Synthesis and Maturation of D-β-Hydroxybutyrate Dehydrogenase (BDH) from Mitochondrial Inner Membrane

Mitochondria contain several hundred proteins. Most of them are encoded by nuclear DNA, synthetized in the cytosol and post-translationnally imported into mitochondria (see review of Douglas et al., 1986 ; Hurt & Van Loon, 1986).