sorting & assembly machinery component 50 homolog (SAMM50)

Function

• may be required for the assembly pathway of mitochondrial outer membrane proteins

Structure

• belongs to the SAM50/omp85 family
• C-terminal part contains many membrane-spanning sided beta-sheets, that have potential to adopt a transmembrane 'beta-barrel' type structure

Compartment

mitochondrial outer membrane

More general terms

• mitochondrial membrane protein

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9Y512.html