title: Mitochondrial proteins essential for viability mediate protein import into yeast mitochondria.
abstract: Only five mitochondrial proteins are known to be essential for viability of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae; all of them are key components of the mitochondrial protein import system. Other components of this system are not essential for life; they include functionally redundant import receptors on the mitochondrial surface and enzymes acting upon only a few precursor proteins.
authors.affiliation: Biocentre of the University of Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schatz
mesh_terms: D001692:Biological Transport / Q000235:genetics; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000235:genetics; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D011506:Proteins