C-terminal, alpha helical domain of Metaxin 1, Metaxin 3, and similar proteins
Glutathione S-transferase (GST) C-terminal domain family, Metaxin subfamily, Metaxin 1-like proteins; composed of metaxins 1 and 3, and similar proteins. Mammalian metaxin (or metaxin 1) is a component of the preprotein import complex of the mitochondrial outer membrane. Metaxin extends to the cytosol and is anchored to the mitochondrial membrane through its C-terminal domain. In mice, metaxin is required for embryonic development. Like the murine gene, the human metaxin gene is located downstream to the glucocerebrosidase (GBA) pseudogene and is convergently transcribed. Inherited deficiency of GBA results in Gaucher disease, which presents many diverse clinical phenotypes. Alterations in the metaxin gene, in addition to GBA mutations, may be associated with Gaucher disease. Genome sequencing shows that a third metaxin gene also exists in zebrafish, Xenopus, chicken, and mammals.
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