Fasciculation and elongation protein zeta-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FEZ2gene.[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]
↑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): 738–44. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.12.006. ISSN0006-291X. PMID14697253.
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): 5810–21. PMID8228263.
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): 181–93. doi:10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00248-8. PMID10642437.
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): 15369–76. doi:10.1021/bi034575v. PMID14690447.
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): 738–44. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.12.006. PMID14697253.
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): 724–31. doi:10.1038/nature03466. PMID15815621.
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): 9869–81. doi:10.1074/jbc.M513280200. PMID16484223.