GO biological process ontology term - GO:0030150 - protein import into mitochondrial matrix
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0030150
- Name
- protein import into mitochondrial matrix
- Ontology or CV name
- GO biological process
- Definition
- The import of proteins across the outer and inner mitochondrial membranes into the matrix. Unfolded proteins enter the mitochondrial matrix with a chaperone protein; the information required to target the precursor protein from the cytosol to the mitochondrial matrix is contained within its N-terminal matrix-targeting sequence. Translocation of precursors to the matrix occurs at the rare sites where the outer and inner membranes are close together.
