Journal
FEBS LETTERS
Volume 581, Issue 15, Pages 2802-2810Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.03.004
Keywords
mitochondria; protein import; sorting and assembly; translocase of inner membrane complex; presequence translocase-associated motor complex; mitochondrial intermembrane space import and assembly pathway
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Mitochondria contain similar to 1000 different proteins, which are located in four different compartments, outer membrane, inner membrane, intermembrane space and matrix. The vast majority of these proteins has to be imported from the cytosol. Therefore, sophisticated molecular machineries have evolved that mediate protein translocation across or insertion into mitochondrial membranes and subsequent assembly into multi-subunit complexes. While the initial entry of virtually all mitochondrial proteins is mediated by the general import pore of the outer membrane, at least four different downstream pathways are dedicated to import and assembly of proteins into a specific compartment. (c) 2007 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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