Dynamin in disease (peripheral neuropathy)

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Nat Genet. 2005 Mar;37(3):215-216.

Dynamin in disease.

McNiven MA.

Mark A. McNiven is at the Center for Basic Research in Digestive Diseases,

Program in Molecular Neuroscience and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular

Biology, Guggenheim 1637, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, Minnesota

55905, USA.

Dynamins are dynamic scaffolding proteins that function in membrane trafficking.

A new study shows that mutations in the gene encoding dynamin 2 underlie a

distinct form of peripheral neuropathy, establishing the first link between

dynamins and human disease.