FDX2

FDX2
Identifiers
Aliases	FDX2, ferredoxin 2, FDX1L, ferredoxin 1 like, MEOAL
External IDs	OMIM: 614585; MGI: 1915415; HomoloGene: 31955; GeneCards: FDX2; OMA:FDX2 - orthologs
Available structures
PDB	Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB
List of PDB id codes
	2Y5C
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 19 (human)
End	10,316,015 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 9 (mouse)
End	21,073,614 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	prefrontal cortex; ; anterior cingulate cortex; ; Brodmann area 9; ; right frontal lobe; ; superior frontal gyrus; ; nucleus accumbens; ; hypothalamus; ; substantia nigra; ; temporal lobe; ; hippocampus proper;
	Top expressed in
	quadriceps femoris muscle; ; white adipose tissue; ; bone marrow; ; muscle of thigh; ; striatum of neuraxis; ; muscle tissue; ; proximal tubule; ; embryo; ; skeletal muscle tissue; ; superior frontal gyrus;
	More reference expression data
	n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function	iron-sulfur cluster binding; protein binding; metal ion binding; 2 iron, 2 sulfur cluster binding; electron transfer activity;
Cellular component	mitochondrial matrix; mitochondrion;
Biological process	C21-steroid hormone biosynthetic process; sterol metabolic process; small molecule metabolic process; electron transport chain;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	112812
	68165
	ENSG00000267673
	ENSMUSG00000079677
	Q6P4F2
	Q9CPW2
	NM_080665; NM_001031734; NM_001397406
	NM_001039824
	NP_001026904
	NP_001034913
	Wikidata
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Ferredoxin 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FDX2 gene. It participates in heme A synthesis and iron-sulphur protein synthesis.^[5]

Mutations in FDX2 cause mitochondrial myopathy.^[6]

References

1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000267673 – Ensembl, May 2017
1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000079677 – Ensembl, May 2017
↑ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
↑ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
↑ "Entrez Gene: Ferredoxin 2".
↑ Spiegel R, Saada A, Halvardson J, Soiferman D, Shaag A, Edvardson S, Horovitz Y, Khayat M, Shalev SA, Feuk L, Elpeleg O (July 2014). "Deleterious mutation in FDX1L gene is associated with a novel mitochondrial muscle myopathy". European Journal of Human Genetics. 22 (7): 902–6. doi:10.1038/ejhg.2013.269. PMC 4060119. PMID 24281368.