FEZ2

Fasciculation and elongation protein zeta-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FEZ2 gene.^[5][6]

FEZ2
Identifiers
Aliases	FEZ2, HUM3CL, fasciculation and elongation protein zeta 2
External IDs	OMIM: 604826; MGI: 2675856; HomoloGene: 3742; GeneCards: FEZ2; OMA:FEZ2 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 2 (human)[1] Band 2p22.2 Start 36,531,805 bp[1] End 36,646,087 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 17 (mouse)[2] Band 17 E2- E3|17 48.57 cM Start 78,676,641 bp[2] End 78,725,581 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in endothelial cell secondary oocyte Skeletal muscle tissue of rectus abdominis Skeletal muscle tissue of biceps brachii thoracic diaphragm deltoid muscle parietal pleura muscle of thigh visceral pleura Brodmann area 23 Top expressed in epithelium of lens sternocleidomastoid muscle muscle of thigh triceps brachii muscle retinal pigment epithelium right ventricle temporal muscle quadriceps femoris muscle digastric muscle gastrocnemius muscle More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function protein binding Cellular component cytoplasm axon Biological process signal transduction nervous system development negative regulation of autophagosome assembly axon guidance Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 9637 225020 Ensembl ENSG00000171055 ENSMUSG00000056121 UniProt Q9UHY8 Q6TYB5 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001042548 NM_005102 NM_001285940 NM_001285946 NM_001285949 NM_199448 NM_001360407 RefSeq (protein) NP_001036013 NP_005093 NP_001272869 NP_001272875 NP_001272878 NP_955519 NP_001347336 Location (UCSC) Chr 2: 36.53 – 36.65 Mb Chr 17: 78.68 – 78.73 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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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.^[6]

Interactions

FEZ2 has been shown to interact with Protein kinase Mζ.^[7]