... distinguished membranes, and the translocase of the outer mitochondrial membrane (TOM) complex represents the main translocase in the outer mitochondrial membrane. Its composition and regulation have been extensively investigated within yeast cells. However, we have little knowledge of the TOM complex...

... their passage through the TOM complex ( Paschen et al., 2005 ; Pfanner et al., 2004 ). We asked whether this complex has an additional function as a mediator of the insertion of tail-anchored proteins. Neither deletion of Mas37 nor downregulation of the expression level of the essential proteins, Tob55...