Directly binding to a specific protein and delivering it to a specific cellular location. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18706423 ]
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Examples of protein carriers include the soluble TIM chaperone complexes of S. cerevisiae Tim9-Tim10 and Tim8-Tim13, that provide a shuttle system between TOM and the membrane insertases TIM22 and SAM and, thus, ensure that precursors are kept in a translocation-competent conformation.