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The TOM40 Family [Function: Specific diffusion channels] Seed alignment | Full alignment | TC-DB page | ||||
The translocase of the mitochondrial outer membrane (TOM complex) plays a role as the mitochondrial entry gate for most of nuclear-encoded pre-proteins. The complex mediates the translocation of pre-proteins across the mitochondrial outer membrane (MOM) via a protein-conducting pore. TOM40 comprises the root of the TOM complex and is the only known mitochondrial outer membrane protein crucial for cell viability. A homology model for TOM40 based on an X-ray structure of human VDAC1 predicted 19 ß strands. Recently, cryo-electron microscopy revealed that TOM40 forms two identical ß barrel pores in the outer membrane. | ||||
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| Literature references | ||||
Cryo-EM Structure of the TOM Core Complex from Neurospora crassa Cell. 2017 Aug 10;170(4):693-700.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.07.012. PMID: 28802041 | ||||
Biogenesis of beta-barrel membrane proteins in bacteria and eukaryotes: evolutionary conservation and divergence Cell Mol Life Sci. 2009 Sep;66(17):2789-804. doi: 10.1007/s00018-009-0029-z. Epub 2009 Apr 28. PMID: 19399587 | ||||
The crystal structure of mouse VDAC1 at 2.3 A resolution reveals mechanistic insights into metabolite gating Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Nov 18;105(46):17742-7. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0809634105. Epub 2008 Nov 6. PMID: 18988731 | ||||
Biogenesis of mitochondrial outer membrane proteins Biochim Biophys Acta. 2009 Jan;1793(1):42-51. doi: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2008.04.013. Epub 2008 May 3. PMID: 18501716 | ||||
Sorting and assembly of mitochondrial outer membrane proteins Biochim Biophys Acta. 2008 Jul-Aug;1777(7-8):557-63. doi: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2008.03.017. Epub 2008 Mar 28. PMID: 18423394 | ||||
Chaperones: inserting beta barrels into membranes Curr Biol. 2004 Mar 9;14(5):R207-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.02.024. PMID: 15028240 | ||||
Tom40, the import channel of the mitochondrial outer membrane, plays an active role in sorting imported proteins EMBO J. 2003 May 15;22(10):2380-6. doi: 10.1093/emboj/cdg229. PMID: 12743032 | ||||
Tom40, the pore-forming component of the protein-conducting TOM channel in the outer membrane of mitochondria J Cell Biol. 2001 Jun 11;153(6):1151-60. doi: 10.1083/jcb.153.6.1151. PMID: 11402060 | ||||
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