MENTAL domain | |||||||||
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Symbol | MENTAL | ||||||||
Pfam | PF10457 | ||||||||
InterPro | IPR019498 | ||||||||
PROSITE | PS51439 | ||||||||
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The MENTAL or MLN64 NH2-terminal domain is a membrane-spanning domain that is conserved in two late endosomal proteins in vertebrates, MLN64 and MENTHO.[1] The domain is 170 amino acids long.
Current data indicates that this domain allows for dimerization between MLN64 and MENTHO molecules and with themselves.[2] The domain may also direct cholesterol transport.