GO biological process ontology term - GO:0141164 - mitochondrial protein quality control
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0141164
- Name
- mitochondrial protein quality control
- Ontology or CV name
- GO biological process
- Definition
- The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of aberrant proteins in the mitochondrion which are targeted for degradation, including misfolded proteins and orphan subunits that fail to assemble into their cognate complex.