FYVE domain found in protein containing both PH and FYVE domains 2 (phafin-2) and similar proteins
Phafin-2, also termed endoplasmic reticulum-associated apoptosis-involved protein containing PH and FYVE domains (EAPF), or pleckstrin homology domain-containing family F member 2 (PKHF2), or PH domain-containing family F member 2, or PH and FYVE domain-containing protein 2, or zinc finger FYVE domain-containing protein 18, is a ubiquitously expressed endoplasmic reticulum-associated protein that facilitates tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha)-triggered cellular apoptosis through endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-mitochondrial apoptotic pathway. It is an endosomal phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate (PtdIns3P or PI3P) effector, as well as an interactor of the endosomal-tethering protein EEA1. It regulates endosome fusion upstream of Rab5. Phafin-2 also functions as a novel regulator of endocytic epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) degradation through a role in endosomal fusion.