Category:GO:0030150 ! protein import into mitochondrial matrix

name: protein import into mitochondrial matrix
namespace: biological_process
def: "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." [ISBN:0716731363]
synonym: "mitochondrial matrix protein import" EXACT []
synonym: "mitochondrial translocation" BROAD []
synonym: "protein transport into mitochondrial matrix" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0044743 ! protein transmembrane import into intracellular organelle
is_a: GO:0072655 ! establishment of protein localization to mitochondrion
is_a: GO:0170036 ! import into the mitochondrion
relationship: part_of: GO:0006626 ! protein targeting to mitochondrion

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0030150</GOterm>
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