fzo-1 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans Predicted to enable GTPase activity. Involved in mitochondrial fusion. Predicted to be located in mitochondrial outer membrane. Expressed in tail. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including Alzheimer's disease; Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (multiple); multiple symmetric lipomatosis; and primary pulmonary hypertension. Is an ortholog of human MFN2 (mitofusin 2).