Gene: MTG2

Alternate names for this Gene: GTPBP5|ObgH1|dJ1005F21.2

Gene Summary: Small G proteins, such as GTPBP5, act as molecular switches that play crucial roles in the regulation of fundamental cellular processes such as protein synthesis, nuclear transport, membrane trafficking, and signal transduction (Hirano et al., 2006 [PubMed 17054726]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]. ##Evidence-Data-START## Transcript exon combination :: SRR1803617.150198.1, SRR1803611.53287.1 [ECO:0000332] ##Evidence-Data-END## ##RefSeq-Attributes-START## gene product(s) localized to mito. :: reported by MitoCarta RefSeq Select criteria :: based on conservation ##RefSeq-Attributes-END##

Gene is located in Chromosome: 20

Location in Chromosome : 20q13.33

Description of this Gene: mitochondrial ribosome associated GTPase 2

Type of Gene: protein-coding