Mitochondrial import inner membrane translocase subunit Tim10 is an
enzyme
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that in humans is encoded by the ''TIMM10''
gene
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.
TIMM10 belongs to a family of evolutionarily conserved proteins that are organized in heterooligomeric complexes in the
mitochondrial intermembrane space
A mitochondrion (; ) is an organelle found in the cells of most Eukaryotes, such as animals, plants and fungi. Mitochondria have a double membrane structure and use aerobic respiration to generate adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which is use ...
. These proteins mediate the import and insertion of
hydrophobic
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Hydrophobic molecules tend to be nonpolar and, t ...
membrane proteins into the
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