Mitochondrial protein; required for normal mitochondrial morphology and inheritance; component of the mitochondria-ER-cortex-ancor (MECA); interacts with Num1p to link the ER and mitochondria at the cell cortex; proposed involvement in the formation of Dnm1p and Num1p-containing cortical anchor complexes that promote mitochondrial fission [Source:SGD;Acc:S000006287]
Chromosome XVI: 704,854-706,593 forward strand.
R64-1-1:BK006949.2
This gene has 1 transcript (splice variant) and 12 orthologues.