Protein
Mitochondrial division protein 1
Organism
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c)
Function
Involved in mitochondrial fission. Has a partially redundant function to CAF4 in acting as an adapter protein, binding to FIS1 on the mitochondrial outer membrane and recruiting the dynamin-like GTPase DNM1 to form mitochondrial fission complexes. Formation of these complexes is required to promote constriction and fission of the mitochondrial compartment at a late step in mitochondrial division.
Similarity
Belongs to the WD repeat MDV1/CAF4 family.
Sequence
MSVNDQITHIGKTLSTTASAFLNYQKSNSNTQDVLTNNGPYKNLLSNTVNNASSTSYFYKRTEHGRFVKNASNTFEDIYSKTRRGDVFRNKFTDNKTCFRMLTYISDDLLNEIPTKEGLKSDADGKLLTEGGENENLRKNASKKETSLFQGFKSYLPIAELAIENTERLNYDTNGTSGTVGAKDVMSKTNERDEIHTELPNFQDSFLIPPGVETKKISSSYSPSALKSFSQTLVNSLEFLNIQKNSTLSEIRDIEVEVENLRQKKEKLLGKIANIEQNQLLLEDNLKQIDDRLDFLEEYGLEVIEANSDENAEDDGMSERKALKNDAIRNEGVTTESISSEASNLPPRRRQQLRDDNSLNRLGAFYSKSKKRHRKSFPTFQQLYEPGTKIGSIMSTHDDFLTCLDFDAPFGTLCTAGYLDHTVKIWDLSKQNKIGELAGHLATINCMQINRDYGTLVTGGRDAALKLWNLNLAQQLYQETQNLTSPTNHIDSPCVHTFEAHTDEVTALSLDPSFLVSGSQDRTIRQWDLRSGKCLQTIDLSFANVLTTSTNVDLSKSTLLTQRNERPSIGALQSFDAALATGTKDGVVRLWDLRSGKVIRTLKGHTDAITSLKFDSACLVTGSYDRTVRIWDLRTGLLNKFHAYSAPVLSLDLFQENAAVVVADEPSVQIYDSEKDESWSCVEQGNETSVSTVKYKENYMVEGRENGDVNIWAV