basic FUNCTION
| mediating the import and insertion of multi-pass transmembrane proteins into the mitochondrial inner membrane |
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constituting the voltage-activated and signal-gated channel, in the TIM22 complex |
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forming a twin-pore translocase that uses the membrane potential as external driving force in 2 voltage-dependent steps |
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majority of inner membrane protein precursors are synthesized in the cytosol, but precursors with a cleavable presequence are imported by the presequence translocase (TIMM23 complex), while other precursors containing internal targeting signals are imported by the carrier translocase (TIMM22 complex) |
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the carrier translocase (TIMM22 complex) inserts multispanning proteins into the inner membrane |
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TIMM22, TIMM23 import pathways depend on the presence of a membrane potential, which is generated by the activity of the respiratory chain |
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TIMM22 complex mediates the import of hydrophobic carrier proteins into the mitochondrial inner membrane |