Translocases
| Translocases | ||
|---|---|---|
| Enzyme classification | ||
| EC, category | 7.-.-.- | |
| Response type | Translocation | |
| Occurrence | ||
| Parent taxon | Creature | |
As translocases are proteins or protein complexes indicated that active at a translocation across a biological membrane are involved and, depending on specificity of the passage of atoms or molecules through the membrane or the separating within the membrane. They catalyze a transport reaction or a change of location and, as the ending - ase suggests, are understood as enzymes. Translocases are an independent enzyme class in the classification system of the enzyme commission of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology with the EC numbers: 7.XXX
An example of a translocase is the TOM complex ( English translocase of the outer mitochondrial membrane ) of the mitochondrial outer membrane. This transmembrane transport protein complex catalyzes the transport of peptides or proteins between the cytosol and the mitochondrial cell compartment .
See also
literature
- C. Kaimer, PL Graumann: Players between the worlds: multifunctional DNA translocases. In: Current Opinion in Microbiology. Volume 14, Number 6, December 2011, pp. 719-725, ISSN 1879-0364 . doi : 10.1016 / j.mib.2011.10.004 . PMID 22047950 .
- AM Sokol, ME Sztolsztener, M. Wasilewski, E. Heinz, A. Chacinska: Mitochondrial protein translocases for survival and wellbeing. In: FEBS letters. Volume 588, Number 15, August 2014, pp. 2484-2495, ISSN 1873-3468 . doi : 10.1016 / j.febslet.2014.05.028 . PMID 24866464 .