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SUBMITTER: Lesnik C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4268710 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lesnik Chen C Cohen Yifat Y Atir-Lande Avigail A Schuldiner Maya M Arava Yoav Y
Nature communications 20141209
It is well established that import of proteins into mitochondria can occur after their complete synthesis by cytosolic ribosomes. Recently, an additional model was revived, proposing that some proteins are imported co-translationally. This model entails association of ribosomes with the mitochondrial outer membrane, shown to be mediated through the ribosome-associated chaperone nascent chain-associated complex (NAC). However, the mitochondrial receptor of this complex is unknown. Here, we identi ...[more]