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Protein & Peptide Letters

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ISSN (Print): 0929-8665
ISSN (Online): 1875-5305

Molecular Interactions of the Mitochondrial Tim12 Translocase Subunit

Author(s): Catherine Baud, Carine de Marcos-Lousa and Kostas Tokatlidis

Volume 14, Issue 6, 2007

Page: [597 - 600] Pages: 4

DOI: 10.2174/092986607780990019

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Abstract

The small Tims are chaperones that facilitate insertion of hydrophobic precursors into the inner mitochondrial membrane. We purified Tim12 and found it forms dimers that bind to Tim9. In this interaction, Tim12 undergoes structural changes that may be important for transport of its substrates in the mitochondrial carrier import pathway.

Keywords: Mitochondria, small Tims, chaperones, protein assembly


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