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MFN2

Chr 1p36.22

mitofusin 2

Aliases:
CPRP1, KIAA0214, MARF, CMT2A2
MANE:
ENST00000235329.10

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • DDG2P

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
  • Hereditary ataxia with onset in adulthood

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
  • Hereditary neuropathy

    BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Hereditary neuropathy or pain disorder

    BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Likely inborn error of metabolism

    BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Mitochondrial disorders

    BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Mitochondrial DNA maintenance disorder

    BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Optic neuropathy

    BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal

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Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2A2

    0.82
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, axonal, autosomal recessive, type 2a2b;

    0.81
  • neuropathy, hereditary motor and sensory, type 6A

    0.81
  • Autosomal dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2A2

    0.80
  • multiple symmetric lipomatosis

    0.66
  • hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy type 6

    0.63
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2

    0.58
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

    0.55
  • hereditary disease

    0.54
  • severe early-onset axonal neuropathy due to MFN2 deficiency

    0.45

Score is the Open Targets composite evidence score (0-1). Higher = stronger gene-disease association.

Protein function (UniProt)

Mitofusin-2

Mitochondrial outer membrane GTPase that mediates mitochondrial clustering and fusion (PubMed:11181170, PubMed:11950885, PubMed:19889647, PubMed:26214738, PubMed:28114303). Mitochondria are highly dynamic organelles, and their morphology is determined by the equilibrium between mitochondrial fusion and fission events (PubMed:28114303). Overexpression induces the formation of mitochondrial networks (PubMed:28114303). Membrane clustering requires GTPase activity and may involve a major rearrangement of the coiled coil domains (Probable). Plays a central role in mitochondrial metabolism and may be associated with obesity and/or apoptosis processes (By similarity). Plays an important role in the regulation of vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation (By similarity). Involved in the clearance of damaged mitochondria via selective autophagy (mitophagy) (PubMed:23620051). Is required for PRKN recruitment to dysfunctional mitochondria (PubMed:23620051). Involved in the control of unfolded protein response (UPR) upon ER stress including activation of apoptosis and autophagy during ER stress (By similarity). Acts as an upstream regulator of EIF2AK3 and suppresses EIF2AK3 activation under basal conditions (By similarity)

Data sources: HGNC (CC BY 4.0), AlphaFold (CC BY 4.0, Jumper et al. Nature 2021), Genomics England PanelApp (CC BY 4.0), ClinGen, Open Targets (CC0), UniProt.

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