MX2 Proteins

Protein Information

Members of the Dynamin family include GTPase, microtubule-associated proteins that are involved in cellular trafficking, including microtubule bundling and endocytosis. Mx1, also known as MxA, an interferon (IFN)-induced protein, acquires a high degree of resistance to influenza A virus and the rhabdo-virus vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), which suggests that Mx1 plays an active role against influenza virus and the rhabdovirus VSV. Mx1 is a cytoplasmic protein that is 63% identical to the Mx2 protein, which lacks antiviral activity. Mx2 is also known as MxB and is localized at the cytoplasmic face of nuclear pores. Mx2 expression is not interferon-dependent and this protein is thought to regulate the efficiency and/or kinetics of nuclear import, a function which may have been usurped by its antiviral relatives.

Synonyms

AI528743; Interferon-induced GTP-binding protein Mx2; interferon-induced GTP-binding protein Mx3; interferon-regulated resistance GTP-binding protein MXB; MX dynamin like GTPase 2; MX dynamin-like GTPase 2; Mx2; Mx-2; Mx3; MXB; myxovirus (influenza virus) resistance 2; myxovirus (influenza virus) resistance 3; myxovirus resistance protein 2; myxovirus resistance protein 3; p78-related protein; protein MxB; second interferon-induced protein p78