Rapoport S, Schmidt J, Prehn S
FEBS Lett. 1986 Mar 17;198(1):109-12. doi: 10.1016/0014-5793(86)81194-2.
During in vitro incubation the mitochondria of immature reticulocytes fail to be degraded by lipoxygenase and subsequent ATP-dependent proteolysis. Susceptibility is conferred on the mitochondria by a protein, the 'mitochondria susceptibility factor' which is synthesized during maturation of the reticulocytes in an iron-containing medium.