Mitochondria import many hundreds of different proteins that are encoded by nuclear genes.
These proteins are targeted to the mitochondria, translocated through the mitochondrial …

Over the past 20 years, researchers investigating the mitochondria of plants have been
astonished by the phenomenal variation these organelles display relative to their …

Mitochondrial biogenesis requires a coordinated expression of both the nuclear and the
organellar genomes and specific intracellular protein trafficking, processing and assembly …

Global warming and drought stress are expected to have a negative impact on agricultural
productivity. Desiccation-tolerant species, which are able to tolerate the almost complete …

Proteins destined for the mitochondria required the evolution of specific and efficient
molecular machinery for protein import. The subunits of the import translocases of the inner …

Transport of most nuclear encoded mitochondrial proteins into mitochondria is mediated by
heteropolymeric translocases in the membranes of the organelles. The translocase of …

Molecular chaperones play a critical role in many cellular processes. This review
concentrates on their role in targeting of proteins to the mitochondria and the subsequent …

The import and assembly of mitochondrial proteins synthesized in the cytosol is mediated by
the protein-import apparatus which plays a central role in mitochondrial biogenesis. Ten …

The import of proteins into mitochondria was first reported in 1977 in Neurospora crassa
using both in vitro and in vivo techniques [72, 73]. An immense amount of research on the …

Five potential surface receptors for protein import into plant mitochondria were identified by
gentle trypsin treatment of intact mitochondria from potato tubers and subsequent …