MTX1

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

An Error has occurred retrieving Wikidata item for infobox 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. Bibcode:1995PNAS...92.4547B. 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.[permanent dead link]

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