Biology:FEZ2

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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Fasciculation and elongation protein zeta-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FEZ2 gene.[1][2]

This gene is an ortholog of the C. elegans unc-76 gene, which is necessary for normal axonal bundling and elongation within axon bundles. Other orthologs include the rat gene that encodes zygin II, which can bind to synaptotagmin.[2]

Interactions

FEZ2 has been shown to interact with Protein kinase Mζ.[3]

References

  1. "The Caenorhabditis elegans gene unc-76 and its human homologs define a new gene family involved in axonal outgrowth and fasciculation". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 94 (7): 3414–9. May 1997. doi:10.1073/pnas.94.7.3414. PMID 9096408. Bibcode1997PNAS...94.3414B. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: FEZ2 fasciculation and elongation protein zeta 2 (zygin II)". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=9637. 
  3. Fujita, Toshitsugu; Ikuta Junko; Hamada Juri; Okajima Toshihide; Tatematsu Kenji; Tanizawa Katsuyuki; Kuroda Shun'ichi (Jan 2004). "Identification of a tissue-non-specific homologue of axonal fasciculation and elongation protein zeta-1". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. (United States) 313 (3): 738–44. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.12.006. ISSN 0006-291X. PMID 14697253. 

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