著者

荒磯 裕平

出版者

一般社団法人 日本生物物理学会

雑誌

生物物理 (ISSN:05824052)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.60, no.5, pp.280-283, 2020 (Released:2020-09-30)

参考文献数

15

被引用文献数

1

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The TOM complex is the main entry gate for mitochondrial proteins. Recently we determined the Cryo-EM structure of the yeast TOM complex at 3.8 Å resolution. The structure shows the dimeric form consisting of two Tom40 β-barrel channels and α-helical transmembrane subunits. The structure-based biochemical analysis revealed that presequence-containing preproteins pass through the Tom40 channel in the middle of the dimer and are transferred to the TIM23 complex. On the other hand, presequence-less preproteins leave the channel at the periphery of the TOM complex and are relayed to the chaperone proteins. Our results demonstrate the efficient transfer mechanism of preproteins.