All families / PF03656
PF03656: Pam16
Pam16
- Curation status
- SEEDED
- Seed status
- EX DUF
- Characterization
- UNSCORED
Grounding
PF03656: Pam16
No integrated InterPro identifier in the snapshot.
Source description
The Pam16 protein (P42949 (UniProtKB protein)) is the fifth essential subunit of the pre-sequence translocase-associated protein import motor (PAM) [InterPro reference PUB00019986]. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Pam16 is required for preprotein translocation into the matrix, but not for protein insertion into the inner membrane [InterPro reference PUB00019986]. Pam16 has a degenerate J domain. J-domain proteins play important regulatory roles as co-chaperones, recruiting Hsp70 partners and accelerating the ATP-hydrolysis step of the chaperone cycle [InterPro reference PUB00005482]. Pam16's J-like domain strongly interacts with Pam18's J domain, leading to a productive interaction of Pam18 with mtHsp70 at the mitochondria import channel [InterPro reference PUB00033671]. Pam18 stimulates the ATPase activity of mtHsp70.
Evidence and references
- InterPro entry and its literature references. PUB identifiers are internal InterPro references, not PubMed identifiers. Unresolved citations link to the originating entry.
- Frozen description source: InterPro/Pfam API
Source descriptions and links are provenance, not independent functional validation.
Evidence counts: not scored.
Curated functional assertions
No curated functional assertions supplied.
Protein sequence examples
7 verified sequence examples. FASTA
| UniProt | Protein / organism | Sequence | Provenance |
|---|---|---|---|
| O62250 | Mitochondrial import inner membrane translocase subunit tim-16 Caenorhabditis elegans | 136 aa; version 1 UniProt 2026_03 | UNIPROT FETCH1 sibling references |
| P42949 | Mitochondrial import inner membrane translocase subunit TIM16 Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c) | 149 aa; version 1 UniProt 2026_03 | UNIPROT FETCH1 sibling references |
| Q93VV9 | Mitochondrial import inner membrane translocase subunit PAM16 like 2 Arabidopsis thaliana | 116 aa; version 1 UniProt 2026_03 | PTM REGISTRY MIRROR |
| Q93W66 | Mitochondrial import inner membrane translocase subunit PAM16 like 1 Arabidopsis thaliana | 113 aa; version 1 UniProt 2026_03 | UNIPROT FETCH1 sibling references |
| Q9CQV1 | Mitochondrial import inner membrane translocase subunit TIM16 Mus musculus | 125 aa; version 1 UniProt 2026_03 | UNIPROT FETCH1 sibling references |
| Q9VF08 | Mitochondrial import inner membrane translocase subunit Tim16 Drosophila melanogaster | 141 aa; version 1 UniProt 2026_03 | UNIPROT FETCH1 sibling references |
| Q9Y3D7 | Mitochondrial import inner membrane translocase subunit TIM16 Homo sapiens | 125 aa; version 2 UniProt 2026_03 | UNIPROT FETCH1 sibling references |
Pfam membership is not functional evidence. Whole-protein sequences do not establish domain boundaries. A coverage gap here is not absence from UniProt.
Sequences and metadata: UniProt Consortium, CC BY 4.0.
Domain matches
No residue-level domain match evidence is available in this build. Structure and AlphaFold counters do not supply coordinates or establish function.
Snapshot counters
- proteins
- 4,502
- matches
- 4,516
- proteomes
- 3,157
- taxa
- 8,470
- structures
- 1
- alphafold models
- 3,869
- domain architectures
- 88
Classification basis
pfam previous unknown name
No scoring reasons supplied.
Related Mech records
This family joined the worklist after the frozen cross-Mech scan, so other Mechs were not searched for it. Missing links here are not evidence that other Mechs lack it; rows shown come from mentions of a former DUF/UPF name.
No cross-Mech examples are present in the supplied snapshot.
Curation history and reviews
No retained curation events supplied.
No retained review supplied.
Record source
Status and evidence
- Seed status
- A name-based classification of frozen InterPro/Pfam metadata. UNKNOWN CANDIDATE means the metadata explicitly says the function is unknown. KNOWN HISTORICAL DUF means a DUF name matched without that wording; this heuristic is not proof of a known function and does not establish experimental characterization. EX DUF means Pfam renamed the family away from a DUF/UPF name, as recorded in Pfam's previous identifiers; a rename usually follows published work on some members but is naming history, not proof of function for every member. Some EX DUF families' current names or descriptions still say the function is unknown; their classification basis lists this, and scoring does not treat them as characterized. FALSE POSITIVE TEXT HIT means the naming rules did not match.
- Characterization
- A separate evidence-scoring result. UNSCORED means no score has been calculated; it is not evidence that the family lacks a known function. Missing scores are not negative evidence. PARTIALLY CHARACTERIZED has partial support; KNOWN HISTORICAL DUF can inherit the seed label or reflect a known-function signal. Neither label implies experimental validation.
- Evidence counts
- Source-specific signals, not unique proteins, publications, or confidence scores. Known counts Rhea reactions and experimentally supported GO molecular-function annotations. Partial counts functional/domain assignments. Context counts structural, environmental, orthology, interaction and neighborhood signals; context alone does not assign function. Repeated annotations may not be independent.
- Curation status
- Reported separately from seed classification and characterization. SNAPSHOT ONLY means no curated metadata was supplied for this build. SEEDED denotes a source-derived record, not an expert-reviewed functional claim.
- Missing counts
- Not available means the source did not supply that counter. A zero is a reported count. Not scored means evidence counts are unavailable.