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Symbol MTX2 contributors: mlc - updated : 26-10-2007
HGNC name metaxin 2
HGNC id 7506
PROTEIN
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
STRUCTURE
motifs/domains
  • a glutathione S-transferase consensus sequence
  • lacking the C terminal outer membrane signal-anchor domain present in MTX1
    • HOMOLOGY
    interspecies homolog to C.elegans Cel ZC97.1
    Homologene
    FAMILY
    CATEGORY transport carrier
    SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION     intracellular
    intracellular,cytoplasm,organelle,mitochondria,outer
    basic FUNCTION putatively involved in protein import into mitochondria
    CELLULAR PROCESS
    PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS
    PATHWAY
    metabolism
    signaling
    a component
    INTERACTION
    DNA
    RNA
    small molecule
    protein
  • metaxin binding
  • association with six other proteins, metaxins 1, CHCHD3, CHCHD6 and DNAJC11, SAMM50, IMMT (putative role in protein import related to maintenance of mitochondrial structure)
    • cell & other
    REGULATION
    ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
    ANIMAL & CELL MODELS