F-BAR domain only protein 2 (FCHO2)

Functions in an early step of clathrin-mediated endocytosis. Has both a membrane binding/bending activity and the capacity to recruit proteins essential to the formation of functional clathrin-coated pits.

Has a lipid-binding activity with a preference for membranes enriched in phosphatidylserine and phosphoinositides (Pi(4,5) biphosphate) such as the plasma membrane. Its membrane-bending activity might be important for the subsequent actions of clathrin and adaptors in the formation of clathrin-coated vesicles.