InnateDB: Systems Biology of the Innate Immune Response

Bos taurus Protein: FITM2

Summary

InnateDB Protein

IDBP-695274.2

Last Modified

2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]

Gene Symbol

FITM2

Protein Name

Fat storage-inducing transmembrane protein 2

Synonyms

FIT2;

Species

Bos taurus

Ensembl Protein

ENSBTAP00000026679

InnateDB Gene

IDBG-642781 (FITM2)

Protein Structure

UniProt Annotation

Function

Plays an important role in lipid droplet accumulation. Plays a role in the regulation of cell morphology and cytoskeletal organization (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}.

Subcellular Localization

Endoplasmic reticulum membrane {ECO:0000250}; Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000250}.

Disease Associations

Tissue Specificity

Comments

Interactions

Number of Interactions

This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 0 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.

Gene Ontology

Molecular Function

Accession	GO Term
GO:0003674	molecular_function

Biological Process

GO:0007010	cytoskeleton organization
GO:0010866	regulation of triglyceride biosynthetic process
GO:0010890	positive regulation of sequestering of triglyceride
GO:0022604	regulation of cell morphogenesis
GO:0034389	lipid particle organization
GO:0035356	cellular triglyceride homeostasis

Cellular Component

GO:0005739	mitochondrion
GO:0005783	endoplasmic reticulum
GO:0005789	endoplasmic reticulum membrane
GO:0016020	membrane
GO:0016021	integral component of membrane
GO:0030176	integral component of endoplasmic reticulum membrane