Term Name: | mitochondrial translation initiation complex |
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Synonyms: | mitochondrial initiation complex, mtIC |
Definition: | A ribonucleoprotein complex comprising the mRNA bound fully assembled 55S mitoribosome with the tRNA-met positioned in the P-site of the mitochondrial small subunit to recognize the mRNA start codon. |
Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0180052] QuickGO AmiGO |