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Facts about Mitofusin-2.
Overexpression induces the formation of mitochondrial networks (PubMed:28114303). Membrane clustering requires GTPase activity and might involve a significant rearrangement of the coiled coil domains (Probable).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | MFN2 |
| Uniprot: | O95140 |
| Entrez: | 9927 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| TRAFAC class dynamin-like GTPase superfamily |

CMT2A; CMT2A2; CPRP1; CPRP1mitochondrial assembly regulatory factor; EC 3.6.5; EC 3.6.5.-; HSG; KIAA0214hyperplasia suppressor; MARF; MFN2; Mitofusin 2; mitofusin-2; Transmembrane GTPase MFN2
Mass (kDA):
86.402 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 1p36.22 |
| Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (11980181..12013515) |
Ubiquitous; expressed at low level. Highly expressed in heart and kidney.
Mitochondrion outer membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Colocalizes with BAX during apoptosis.





PMID: 12598526 by Bach D., et al. Mitofusin-2 determines mitochondrial network architecture and mitochondrial metabolism. A novel regulatory mechanism altered in obesity.
PMID: 15322553 by Chen K.-H., et al. Dysregulation of HSG triggers vascular proliferative disorders.
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