Translocon
= Translocon
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A <translocon> is membrane machinery through which a <polypeptide chain> crosses or enters a membrane. In <endoplasmic reticulum> <protein targeting>, the <Sec61 complex> supplies the central channel.<Membrane Protein Insertion at the Endoplasmic Reticulum by Sichen Shao and Ramanujan S. Hegde>[Shao and Hegde, 2011; “The Sec61 Translocon”, Figure 4]{ref}