. "\"The cleavage of peptide bonds in proteins, usually near the N terminus, contributing to the process of import into the mitochondrion. Several different peptidases mediate cleavage of proteins destined for different mitochondrial compartments.\" [GOC:mcc, PMID:12191769]" . . "protein processing involved in protein targeting to mitochondrion" . . "mitochondrial protein processing during import" . "mitochondrial processing" .