Multiprotein complexes that mediate import and sorting of mitochondrial preproteins into one of the four mitochondrial subcompartments: the outer membrane, the intermembrane space, the inner membrane, and the matrix. Mitochondrial protein import machinery includes translocase of the outer membrane (TOM) complex, translocases of the inner membrane (TIM) complex, beta‐barrel pathway complex, the mitochondrial intermembrane space import and assembly (MIA) pathway complex, carrier proteins of the inner membrane and the TIM23 complex and sorting and assembly machinery (SAM) complex.
Also Known As:
Import Complex, Mitochondrial; Preprotein Translocases, Mitochondrial; Translocase, TOM; Translocases, Mitochondrial Preprotein; MIA Complex; MIM Complex; Mitochondrial Import Complex; Mitochondrial Intermembrane Space Import and Assembly Complex; Mitochondrial Precursor Protein Import Machinery Proteins; Mitochondrial Preprotein Translocases; Mitochondrial Protein Import Machinery Proteins; SAM Complex; Sorting and Assembly Machinery Complex; TIM Complex; TIM23 Complex; TIMM Complex; TOM Channel; TOM Complex; TOM Translocase; TOMM Complex; TOMM Machinery; Translocase Outer Mitochondrial Membrane; Translocase of the Inner Membrane Complex; Translocase of the Inner Mitochondrial Membrane Complex; Translocase of the Outer Membrane Complex; Translocases of the Inner Membrane 23 Complex; Translocases of the Inner Membrane Complex