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FEZ2
Introduction
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]
References
References
- β Bloom L, Horvitz HR (May 1997). “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): 3414β9. Bibcode:1997PNAS…94.3414B. doi:10.1073/pnas.94.7.3414. PMCΒ 20384. PMIDΒ 9096408.
- β 2.0 2.1 “Entrez Gene: FEZ2 fasciculation and elongation protein zeta 2 (zygin II)”.
- β 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): 738β44. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.12.006. ISSNΒ 0006-291X. PMIDΒ 14697253.
Further reading
Further reading
- Ranes-Goldberg MG, Hori T, Mohan-Peterson S, Spits H (1993). “Identification of human pre-T/NK cell-associated genes”. J. Immunol. 151 (10): 5810β21. PMIDΒ 8228263.
- Kolle G, Georgas K, Holmes GP, et al. (2000). “CRIM1, a novel gene encoding a cysteine-rich repeat protein, is developmentally regulated and implicated in vertebrate CNS development and organogenesis”. Mech. Dev. 90 (2): 181β93. doi:10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00248-8. PMIDΒ 10642437.
- Hu RM, Han ZG, Song HD, et al. (2000). “Gene expression profiling in the human hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis and full-length cDNA cloning”. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97 (17): 9543β8. Bibcode:2000PNAS…97.9543H. doi:10.1073/pnas.160270997. PMCΒ 16901. PMIDΒ 10931946.
- 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): 16899β903. Bibcode:2002PNAS…9916899M. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMCΒ 139241. PMIDΒ 12477932.
- Surpili MJ, Delben TM, Kobarg J (2004). “Identification of proteins that interact with the central coiled-coil region of the human protein kinase NEK1”. Biochemistry. 42 (51): 15369β76. doi:10.1021/bi034575v. PMIDΒ 14690447.
- Fujita T, Ikuta J, Hamada J, et al. (2004). “Identification of a tissue-non-specific homologue of axonal fasciculation and elongation protein zeta-1”. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 313 (3): 738β44. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.12.006. PMIDΒ 14697253.
- Hillier LW, Graves TA, Fulton RS, et al. (2005). “Generation and annotation of the DNA sequences of human chromosomes 2 and 4”. Nature. 434 (7034): 724β31. Bibcode:2005Natur.434..724H. doi:10.1038/nature03466. PMIDΒ 15815621.
- Assmann EM, Alborghetti MR, Camargo ME, Kobarg J (2006). “FEZ1 dimerization and interaction with transcription regulatory proteins involves its coiled-coil region”. J. Biol. Chem. 281 (15): 9869β81. doi:10.1074/jbc.M513280200. PMIDΒ 16484223.