Abstract
Complex machinery has evolved to recognise and import nuclear-encoded proteins into mitochondria. Recent work now shows that the plant Tom20 mitochondrial protein import receptor has a similar tertiary structure to animal Tom20, although the proteins are evolutionarily distinct, representing an elegant example of convergent evolution.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | R197-R199 |
Journal | Current Biology |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 21 Mar 2006 |