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SUBMITTER: Needs HI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8151517 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Needs Hope I HI Protasoni Margherita M Henley Jeremy M JM Prudent Julien J Collinson Ian I Pereira Gonçalo C GC
Life (Basel, Switzerland) 20210511 5
The fact that >99% of mitochondrial proteins are encoded by the nuclear genome and synthesised in the cytosol renders the process of mitochondrial protein import fundamental for normal organelle physiology. In addition to this, the nuclear genome comprises most of the proteins required for respiratory complex assembly and function. This means that without fully functional protein import, mitochondrial respiration will be defective, and the major cellular ATP source depleted. When mitochondrial p ...[more]