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Protein translocation into mitochondria requires the mitochondria! protein Hsp70. This molecular chaperone of the mitochondrial matrix is recruited to the protein import machinery by MIM44, a component associated with the inner membrane of the mitochondria. Formation of the mt-Hsp70/MIM44 complex is regulated by ATP. MIM44 and mt-Hsp70 interact in a sequential manner with incoming segments of unfolded preproteins and thereby facilitate stepwise vectorial translocation of proteins across the mitochondrial membranes. The complex appears to act as a molecular ratchet which is energetically driven by the hydrolysis of ATP.
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Schneider, HC., Berthold, J., Bauer, M. et al. Mitochondrial Hsp70/MIM44 complex facilitates protein import. Nature 371, 768–774 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1038/371768a0
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