Magnesium transporter MRS2, mitochondrial

UniProtKB accession:  Q01926

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UniProtKB description:  High-conductance magnesium-selective channel that mediates the influx of magnesium into the mitochondrial matrix (PubMed:12628916, PubMed:17827224, PubMed:20653776, PubMed:23999289). Essential for the splicing of mRNA group II introns in mitochondria by affecting mitochondrial magnesium concentrations, which are critical for group II intron splicing. It also suppresses a variety of mitochondrial intron mutations and its absence may disturb the assembly of mitochondrial membrane complexes (PubMed:11544180).