title: Unresolved mysteries in the biogenesis of mitochondrial membrane proteins.
abstract: Mitochondria are essential eukaryotic organelles that are surrounded by two membranes. Both membranes contain a variety of different integral membrane proteins. After three decades of research on mitochondrial biogenesis five major import complexes with more than 40 subunits altogether were identified and characterized. In the current contribution we want to draw attention to some unexplored issues regarding the integration of mitochondrial membrane proteins and to formulate crucial questions that remain unanswered. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Protein Folding in Membranes.
authors: Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany. kai-stefan.dimmer@uni-tuebingen.de
authors: Kai Stefan
authors: KS
authors: Dimmer
authors: Doron
authors: D
authors: Rapaport
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D051336:Mitochondrial Membranes / Q000378:metabolism*; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D021381:Protein Transport; D034443:RNA Transport; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger