Mitochondrial protein import clogging as a mechanism of disease
L. P. Coyne, X. Wang, J. Song, E. de Jong, K. Schneider, P. T. Massa, F. A. Middleton, T. Becker, X. J. Chen
The paper shows that mutations in mitochondrial preproteins cause clogging of the import pathway, leading to disease by impairing mitochondrial function and cell viability.
bioRxiv · Sep 20, 2022Biochemistry