title: Mechanisms of protein import into mitochondria.
abstract: Apart from a handful of proteins encoded by the mitochondrial genome, most proteins residing in this organelle are nuclear-encoded and synthesised in the cytosol. Thus, delivery of proteins to their final destination depends on a network of specialised import components that form at least four main translocation complexes. The import machinery ensures that proteins earmarked for the mitochondrion are recognised and delivered to the organelle, transported across membranes, sorted to the correct compartment and assisted in overcoming energetic barriers.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Strasse 7, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany. kaye.truscott@biochemie.uni-freiburg.de
authors.forename: Kaye N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Truscott
authors.forename: Katrin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Brandner
authors.forename: Nikolaus
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pfanner
mesh_terms: D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D033681:Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000090622:Mitochondrial Precursor Protein Import Complex Proteins; D008954:Models, Biological; D018832:Molecular Chaperones / Q000378:metabolism; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000502:physiology*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D033681:Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins; D000090622:Mitochondrial Precursor Protein Import Complex Proteins; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C102549:TIM22 protein, S cerevisiae