Protein
Mitochondrial carrier protein Rim2
Organism
Drosophila melanogaster
Function
Mitochondrial transporter that imports purine and pyrimidine nucleotides into the mitochondria. Essential for maintaining mitochondrial structure and function. Appears to be important for mitochondrial gene transcription and mitochondrial respiration.
Similarity
Belongs to the mitochondrial carrier (TC 2.A.29) family.
Sequence
MAQNTADTLIHLIAGGSAGTVGAVVTCPLEVVKTRLQSSTAFMTPSRLAENAGGGPANGGQSELLRPEQRRKLSTTILRNRSQPQVIGGVRRIMAISHCGISSTTPKSMSIVQCLRHIVQNEGPRALFKGLGPNLVGVAPSRAIYFCTYSQTKNTLNSLGFVERDSPLVHIMSAASAGFVSSTATNPIWFVKTRMQLDYNSKVQMTVRQCIERVYAQGGVAAFYKGITASYFGICETMVHFVIYEFIKSKLLEQRNQRHTDTKGSRDFLEFMMAGAVSKTIASCIAYPHEVARTRLREEGNKYNSFWQTLHTVWKEEGRAGLYRGLATQLVRQIPNTAIMMATYEAVVYVLTRRFNNKSNEFYDF