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ReviewProtein science : a publication of the Protein Society2026

Dynamic disorder is crucial for mitochondrial protein import.

Jakob Schneider, Undina Guillerm, Caroline Simões Pereira, Paul Schanda

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Review in Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Dynamic disorder is crucial for mitochondrial protein import.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Jakob SchneiderInstitute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria.ORCID 0009-0006-3064-9996
Undina GuillermInstitute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria.ORCID 0009-0007-6273-4869
Caroline Simões PereiraInstitute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-0248-0883
Paul SchandaInstitute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-9350-7606

Funding

Austrian Science Fund
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The import of proteins into mitochondria poses fundamental mechanistic challenges: aggregation-prone precursor proteins must be maintained in aqueous compartments and threaded through narrow pores without becoming stuck or mislocalized. Recent evidence from mitochondrial protein import studies and other chaperone systems underscores the critical role of dynamics in balancing sufficiently tight binding, promiscuity, specificity, and release. Dynamic binding of client precursor proteins to import machinery components arises naturally from the avidity of their interactions. Conformational entropy enhances their stability, while the multivalent nature of these interactions ensures that client transfer to downstream insertases occurs without a substantial energy barrier. Here, we discuss this emerging paradigm of dynamic protein handling, using examples where dynamic structures have been resolved and highlight outstanding questions.

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MitochondriaMitochondrial ProteinsAnimalsHumansMolecular ChaperonesProtein ConformationProtein TransportMitochondrial ProteinsMolecular Chaperonesaviditychaperonesimport machineryintrinsic disordermitochondria

Identifiers

PMID42159315
PMCPMC13240079

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