MTX1

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Metaxin 1
Identifiers
SymbolsMTX1; MTX; MTXN
External IDsOMIM: 600605 MGI: 103025 HomoloGene: 37623 GeneCards: MTX1 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez458017827
EnsemblENSG00000173171ENSMUSG00000064068
UniProtQ13505P47802
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_002455NM_001161824
RefSeq (protein)NP_002446NP_001155296
Location (UCSC)Chr 1:
155.18 – 155.18 Mb
Chr 3:
89.21 – 89.23 Mb
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Metaxin 1, also known as MTX1, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the MTX1 gene.[1][2]

Function

The metaxin gene, which encodes a protein located on the outer membrane of mitochondria, is a component of the mitochondrial protein translocation apparatus.[3]

References

  1. "Entrez Gene: MTX1 metaxin 1". 
  2. Bornstein P, McKinney CE, LaMarca ME, Winfield S, Shingu T, Devarayalu S, Vos HL, Ginns EI (May 1995). "Metaxin, a gene contiguous to both thrombospondin 3 and glucocerebrosidase, is required for embryonic development in the mouse: implications for Gaucher disease". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 92 (10): 4547–51. doi:10.1073/pnas.92.10.4547. PMC 41981. PMID 7753840. 
  3. Armstrong LC, Komiya T, Bergman BE, Mihara K, Bornstein P (March 1997). "Metaxin is a component of a preprotein import complex in the outer membrane of the mammalian mitochondrion". J. Biol. Chem. 272 (10): 6510–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.10.6510. PMID 9045676. 

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