mai-2/B0546.1 is orthologous to mitochondrial intrinsic ATPase inhibitorprotein (IF(1)), which blocks reverse action (ATP hydrolysis) byF(0)F(1)-ATPase when its (normally required) proton gradient is lost;MAI-2 has a mitochondrial import signal at its N-terminus, and istransported to yeast mitochondria; MAI-2 can inhibit yeastF(0)F(1)-ATPase, and this inhibition is pH-dependent; MAI-2's tertiarystructure is dominated by beta-strands and random loops.
Enables ATPase inhibitor activity. Predicted to be involved in heme biosynthetic process. Located in mitochondrion. Expressed in germ line and tail. Is an ortholog of human ATP5IF1 (ATP synthase inhibitory factor subunit 1).
Map position created from combination of previous interpolated map position (based on known location of sequence) and allele information. Therefore this is not a genetic map position based on recombination frequencies or genetic experiments. This was done on advice of the CGC.