Term Name: mitochondrial translation initiation complex
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

Relationships
is part of: mitochondrial matrix
is a type of: mitochondrial protein-containing complex translation initiation complex