TOM complex of protein translocators

TOM complex of protein translocators

(tom kom'pleks prō'tēn trans'lō-kā-tŏrz), multisubunit protein complex located in the outer membrane of mitochondria; responsible for transport of mitochondrial proteins, encoded in the nucleus and synthesized in the cytosol, into the intermembrane space and inserting the proper proteins into the outer mitochondrial membrane.
See also: OXA complex of protein translocators. Synonym(s): translocase of outer mitochondrial membrane