Abstract

The protein Tom40 is the main component of the outer membrane translocation machinery for mitochondrial preproteins. A new study extends the understanding of the molecular function of Tom40, suggesting that the pore-forming protein may interact with unfolded preprotein segments to protect against aggregation.

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