TIMM8A Polyclonal Antibody, AbBy Fluor™ 488 Conjugated

The majority of mitochondrial-directed proteins are encoded by the nuclear genome and are transported to the mitochondria via regulated processes involving the mitochondrial Tom and Tim proteins (1) . The mitochondrial Tim protein family is comprised of a large group of evolutionarily conserved proteins that are found in most eukaryotes (1,2) . Import of nuclear-encoded precursor proteins into and across the mitochondrial inner membrane is mediated by two distinct complexes, the Tim23 complex and the Tim22 complex, which differ in their substrate specificity (1) . Defects in Tim proteins are implicated in several neuro-degenerative diseases, suggesting important roles for Tim proteins in development and health (3,4) . Tim8A and Tim8B, which map to human chromosomes Xq22.1 and 11q23.1-q23.2, respectively, are conserved proteins of the mitochondrial intermembrane space, which are organized in hetero-oligomeric complex with Tim13 (5,6,7) . Tim8A is highly expressed in fetal and adult brain (5) . Tim8A is mutated in deafness dystonia syndrome, a novel type of disease that causes severe neurological defects, thought to be caused by a defective mitochondrial protein transport system (5,8) .

DDP 1; DDP; DDP1; Deafness dystonia protein 1; Deafness/dystonia peptide; DFN 1; DFN1; MGC12262; Mitochondrial import inner membrane translocase subunit Tim8 A; MTS; TIM 8A; TIM8A; TIMM 8A; Translocase of inner mitochondrial membrane 8 homolog A; X linked deafness dystonia protein; TIM8A_HUMAN.