Protein Information

Name mitofusin 2
Synonyms CMT2A; CMT2A2; CPRP 1; CPRP1; HSG; MARF; MFN 2; MFN2…

Compound Information

Name rotenone
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Reference List

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19076450 Knott AB, Bossy-Wetzel E: Impairing the mitochondrial fission and fusion balance: a new mechanism of neurodegeneration. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2008 Dec;1147:283-92.

Rotenone, a pesticide and inducer of PD symptoms, and amyloid-beta peptide, which is causally linked to Alzheimer's disease, initiate mitochondrial fission.
First, hereditary mutations in the mitochondrial fusion GTPases optic atrophy-1 and mitofusin-2 cause neuropathies in humans.
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