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TOM40 mitochondrial outer membrane translocase core complex Overview

GO Annotations consist of four mandatory components: a gene product, a term from one of the three Gene Ontology (GO) controlled vocabularies (Molecular Function, Biological Process, and Cellular Component), a reference, and an evidence code.


Summary
Core cation-selective high-conductance channel of the mitochondrial outer membrane preprotein translocase, through which nuclear-encoded precursor proteins cross the membrane in an unfolded state. Most mitochondrial proteins are synthesized in the cytosol, imported into mitochondria, sorted to one of the four submitochondrial compartments, where they function, and attain their functional native conformation, which is often facilitated by assembly into the membrane or a multiprotein complex. The existance of this core complex may be an artefact of the purification process but yeast cells lacking the receptor subunits (TOM20 and TOM70) are viable and import proteins at a reduced rate into the mitochondria.
GO Slim Terms

The yeast GO Slim terms are higher level terms that best represent the major S. cerevisiae biological processes, functions, and cellular components. The GO Slim terms listed here are the broader parent terms for the specific terms to which this gene product is annotated, and thus represent the more general processes, functions, and components in which it is involved.

membrane organization, mitochondrion organization, transport, membrane