Comparison of the TIM and TOM channel activities of the mitochondrial protein import complexes

Concepción Muro, Serguei M. Grigoriev, Dawn Pietkiewicz, Kathleen W. Kinnally, María Luisa Campo

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    Abstract

    Water-filled channels are central to the process of translocating proteins since they provide aqueous pathways through the hydrophobic environment of membranes. The Tom and Tim complexes translocate precursors across the mitochondrial outer and inner membranes, respectively, and contain channels referred to as TOM and TIM (previously called PSC and MCC). In this study, little differences were revealed from a direct comparison of the single channel properties of the TOM and TIM channels of yeast mitochondria. As they perform similar functions in translocating proteins across membranes, it is not surprising that both channels are high conductance, voltage-dependent channels that are slightly cation selective. Reconstituted TIM and TOM channel activities are not modified by deletion of the outer membrane channel VDAC, but are similarly affected by signal sequence peptides.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)2981-2989
    Number of pages9
    JournalBiophysical journal
    Volume84
    Issue number5
    DOIs
    StatePublished - May 1 2003

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Biophysics

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