MFN1

MFN1
Available structures PDB Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes 1T3J
Identifiers
Aliases	MFN1, hfzo1, hfzo2, mitofusin 1
External IDs	OMIM: 608506 MGI: 1914664 HomoloGene: 11481 GeneCards: MFN1
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 3 (human) Band 3q26.33 Start 179,347,709 bp End 179,394,936 bp
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 3 (mouse) Band 3 A3|3 15.75 cM Start 32,583,614 bp End 32,633,388 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in secondary oocyte Achilles tendon body of pancreas gastric mucosa right uterine tube canal of the cervix skin of abdomen minor salivary glands body of stomach left ventricle Top expressed in myocardium of ventricle digastric muscle right ventricle extraocular muscle soleus muscle extensor digitorum longus muscle thoracic diaphragm sternocleidomastoid muscle tibialis anterior muscle plantaris muscle More reference expression data BioGPS n/a
Gene ontology Molecular function nucleotide binding GTP binding protein binding hydrolase activity GTPase activity Cellular component cytoplasm mitochondrial outer membrane mitochondrion membrane integral component of mitochondrial outer membrane outer mitochondrial membrane protein complex integral component of membrane intrinsic component of mitochondrial outer membrane Biological process mitochondrial fusion macroautophagy GTP metabolic process mitochondrion localization Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 55669 67414 Ensembl ENSG00000171109 ENSMUSG00000027668 UniProt Q8IWA4 Q811U4 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_017927 NM_033540 NM_024200 RefSeq (protein) NP_284941 NP_077162 Location (UCSC) Chr 3: 179.35 – 179.39 Mb Chr 3: 32.58 – 32.63 Mb PubMed search
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Mitofusin-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MFN1 gene.

The protein encoded by this gene is a mediator of mitochondrial fusion. This protein and mitofusin 2 are homologs of the Drosophila protein fuzzy onion (Fzo). They are mitochondrial membrane proteins that interact with each other to facilitate mitochondrial targeting.

Further reading

• Pawlikowska P, Orzechowski A (2007). "[Role of transmembrane GTPases in mitochondrial morphology and activity]". Postepy Biochem. 53 (1): 53–9. PMID 17718388.
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• Yu W, Andersson B, Worley KC, et al. (1997). "Large-Scale Concatenation cDNA Sequencing". Genome Res. 7 (4): 353–8. doi:10.1101/gr.7.4.353. PMC 139146. PMID 9110174.
• Hales KG, Fuller MT (1997). "Developmentally regulated mitochondrial fusion mediated by a conserved, novel, predicted GTPase". Cell. 90 (1): 121–9. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80319-0. PMID 9230308. S2CID 15162087.
• Chung JG, Yeh KT, Wu SL, et al. (2002). "Novel transmembrane GTPase of non-small cell lung cancer identified by mRNA differential display". Cancer Res. 61 (24): 8873–9. PMID 11751411.
• Rojo M, Legros F, Chateau D, Lombès A (2003). "Membrane topology and mitochondrial targeting of mitofusins, ubiquitous mammalian homologs of the transmembrane GTPase Fzo". J. Cell Sci. 115 (Pt 8): 1663–74. doi:10.1242/jcs.115.8.1663. PMID 11950885.
• Legros F, Lombès A, Frachon P, Rojo M (2003). "Mitochondrial Fusion in Human Cells Is Efficient, Requires the Inner Membrane Potential, and Is Mediated by Mitofusins". Mol. Biol. Cell. 13 (12): 4343–54. doi:10.1091/mbc.E02-06-0330. PMC 138638. PMID 12475957.
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. Bibcode:2002PNAS...9916899M. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932.
• Santel A, Frank S, Gaume B, et al. (2004). "Mitofusin-1 protein is a generally expressed mediator of mitochondrial fusion in mammalian cells". J. Cell Sci. 116 (Pt 13): 2763–74. doi:10.1242/jcs.00479. PMID 12759376. S2CID 6661619.
• Ota T, Suzuki Y, Nishikawa T, et al. (2004). "Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs". Nat. Genet. 36 (1): 40–5. doi:10.1038/ng1285. PMID 14702039.
• Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, et al. (2004). "The Status, Quality, and Expansion of the NIH Full-Length cDNA Project: The Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)". Genome Res. 14 (10B): 2121–7. doi:10.1101/gr.2596504. PMC 528928. PMID 15489334.
• Cipolat S, Martins de Brito O, Dal Zilio B, Scorrano L (2004). "OPA1 requires mitofusin 1 to promote mitochondrial fusion". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 (45): 15927–32. Bibcode:2004PNAS..10115927C. doi:10.1073/pnas.0407043101. PMC 528769. PMID 15509649.
• Cartoni R, Léger B, Hock MB, et al. (2005). "Mitofusins 1/2 and ERRα expression are increased in human skeletal muscle after physical exercise". J. Physiol. 567 (Pt 1): 349–58. doi:10.1113/jphysiol.2005.092031. PMC 1474174. PMID 15961417.