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ArticlePNAS nexus2024

Structure of the intact Tom20 receptor in the human translocase of the outer membrane complex.

Jiayue Su, Xuyang Tian, Ziyi Wang, Jiawen Yang, Shan Sun, Sen-Fang Sui

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Article in PNAS nexus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Dynamic disorder is crucial for mitochondrial protein import.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2026
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  5. A dynamic displacement mechanism drives protein import into mitochondria.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  7. Structures ofProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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6 authors.

Jiayue SuState Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1109-7659
Xuyang TianState Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9605-6626
Ziyi WangState Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0119-7327
Jiawen YangSchool of Life Sciences, Cryo-EM Center, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0494-7692
Shan SunState Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9807-626X
Sen-Fang SuiState Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5253-2592

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The translocase of the outer membrane (TOM) complex serves as the main gate for preproteins entering mitochondria and thus plays a pivotal role in sustaining mitochondrial stability. Precursor proteins, featuring amino-terminal targeting signals (presequences) or internal targeting signals, are recognized by the TOM complex receptors Tom20, Tom22, and Tom70, and then translocated into mitochondria through Tom40. By using chemical cross-linking to stabilize Tom20 in the TOM complex, this study unveils the structure of the human TOM holo complex, encompassing the intact Tom20 component, at a resolution of approximately 6 Å by cryo-electron microscopy. Our structure shows the TOM holo complex containing only one Tom20 subunit, which is located right at the center of the complex and stabilized by extensive interactions with Tom22, Tom40, and Tom6. Based on the structure, we proposed a possible translocation mode of TOM complex, by which different receptors could work simultaneously to ensure that the preproteins recognized by them are all efficiently translocated into the mitochondria.

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cryo-electron microscopymitochondriaTom20translocase of the outer membrane complex

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PMID39071881
PMCPMC11273160

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