Mitochondrial import inner membrane translocase subunit Tim9 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ''TIMM9'' gene. TIMM9 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 used th ...

. These proteins mediate the import and insertion of hydrophobic membrane proteins into the

mitochondrial inner membrane The inner mitochondrial membrane (IMM) is the mitochondrial membrane which separates the mitochondrial matrix from the intermembrane space. Structure The structure of the inner mitochondrial membrane is extensively folded and compartmentalized. ...

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