The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the tripartite motif (TRIM) family. The TRIM motif includes three zinc-binding domains, a RING, a B-box type 1 and a B-box type 2, and a coiled-coil region. The protein localizes to microtubular structures in the cytoplasm. Its function has not been identified. Alternate splicing of this gene results in two transcript variants encoding different isoforms.[2]
↑Buchner G, Montini E, Andolfi G, Quaderi N, Cainarca S, Messali S, Bassi MT, Ballabio A, Meroni G, Franco B (Sep 1999). "MID2, a homologue of the Opitz syndrome gene MID1: similarities in subcellular localization and differences in expression during development". Hum Mol Genet. 8 (8): 1397–407. doi:10.1093/hmg/8.8.1397. PMID10400986.
Lim J, Hao T, Shaw C, Patel AJ, Szabó G, Rual JF, Fisk CJ, Li N, Smolyar A, Hill DE, Barabási AL, Vidal M, Zoghbi HY (2006). "A protein-protein interaction network for human inherited ataxias and disorders of Purkinje cell degeneration". Cell. 125 (4): 801–14. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2006.03.032. PMID16713569.
Jehee FS, Rosenberg C, Krepischi-Santos AC, Kok F, Knijnenburg J, Froyen G, Vianna-Morgante AM, Opitz JM, Passos-Bueno MR (2006). "An Xq22.3 duplication detected by comparative genomic hybridization microarray (Array-CGH) defines a new locus (FGS5) for FG syndrome". Am. J. Med. Genet. A. 139 (3): 221–6. doi:10.1002/ajmg.a.30991. PMID16283679.
Rual JF, Venkatesan K, Hao T, Hirozane-Kishikawa T, Dricot A, Li N, Berriz GF, Gibbons FD, Dreze M, Ayivi-Guedehoussou N, Klitgord N, Simon C, Boxem M, Milstein S, Rosenberg J, Goldberg DS, Zhang LV, Wong SL, Franklin G, Li S, Albala JS, Lim J, Fraughton C, Llamosas E, Cevik S, Bex C, Lamesch P, Sikorski RS, Vandenhaute J, Zoghbi HY, Smolyar A, Bosak S, Sequerra R, Doucette-Stamm L, Cusick ME, Hill DE, Roth FP, Vidal M (2005). "Towards a proteome-scale map of the human protein-protein interaction network". Nature. 437 (7062): 1173–8. Bibcode:2005Natur.437.1173R. doi:10.1038/nature04209. PMID16189514.
Perry J, Short KM, Romer JT, Swift S, Cox TC, Ashworth A (2000). "FXY2/MID2, a gene related to the X-linked Opitz syndrome gene FXY/MID1, maps to Xq22 and encodes an FNIII domain-containing protein that associates with microtubules". Genomics. 62 (3): 385–94. doi:10.1006/geno.1999.6043. PMID10644436.
Cainarca S, Messali S, Ballabio A, Meroni G (1999). "Functional characterization of the Opitz syndrome gene product (midin): evidence for homodimerization and association with microtubules throughout the cell cycle". Hum. Mol. Genet. 8 (8): 1387–96. doi:10.1093/hmg/8.8.1387. PMID10400985.