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Designing a Western blot for Mitofusin-2? The guide has the expected band size, antibodies backed by real blot images, the controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the MFN2 Western Blot GuideDesigning an IHC experiment for Mitofusin-2? The guide has the expected staining pattern, antigen retrieval and fixation, antibodies backed by real IHC images, the tissue controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the MFN2 IHC Guide10 Citations
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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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