The most abundant protein in the outer mitochondrial membrane is a mitochondrial β-barrel porin called VDAC (voltage-dependent anion channel).

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The most abundant protein in the outer mitochondrial membrane is a mitochondrial β-barrel porin called VDAC (voltage-dependent anion channel).

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Glycoproteins

Proteins with attached carbohydrates

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Membrane and soluble secretory proteins synthesized on the rough ER undergo four principal modifications before they reach their final destinations: 

(1) Glycosylation in the ER and Golgi complex

(2) Formation of disulfide bonds in the ER

(3) Proper folding of polypeptide chains and assembly of multisubunit proteins in the ER

(4) Specific proteolytic cleavages in the ER, Golgi complex, and secretory vesicles

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Classes of ER membrane proteins

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The translocon was first identified through mutations in the yeast gene encoding a protein called Sec61α

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Once the SRP and its receptor have targeted a ribosome synthesizing a secretory protein to the ER membrane, the ribosome and nascent polypeptide chain are rapidly transferred to the translocon.