Anti-TIMM8A Antibody

Mitochondrial import inner membrane translocase subunit Tim8 A; Deafness dystonia protein 1; X-linked deafness dystonia protein; TIMM8A; DDP, DDP1, TIM8A

Highly expressed in fetal and adult brain, followed by fetal lung, liver and kidney. Also expressed in heart, placenta, lung, liver, kidney, pancreas, skeletal muscle and heart.

The antibody was affinity-purified from rabbit antiserum by affinity-chromatography using epitope-specific immunogen and the purity is > 95% (by SDS-PAGE) .

Mitochondrial intermembrane chaperone that participates in the import and insertion of some multi-pass transmembrane proteins into the mitochondrial inner membrane. Also required for the transfer of beta-barrel precursors from the TOM complex to the sorting and assembly machinery (SAM complex) of the outer membrane. Acts as a chaperone-like protein that protects the hydrophobic precursors from aggregation and guide them through the mitochondrial intermembrane space. The TIMM8-TIMM13 complex mediates the import of proteins such as TIMM23, SLC25A12/ARALAR1 and SLC25A13/ARALAR2, while the predominant TIMM9-TIMM10 70 kDa complex mediates the import of much more proteins. Probably necessary for normal neurologic development.