This family consists of Pex26 and related mammalian proteins. Pex26 is a type II peroxisomal membrane protein which recruits Pex6-Pex1 complexes to peroxisomes [1]. Mutations in Pex26 can lead to human disorders [2].

1: The pathogenic peroxin Pex26p recruits the Pex1p-Pex6p AAA ATPase complexes to peroxisomes. Matsumoto N, Tamura S, Fujiki Y; Nat Cell Biol 2003;5:454-460. PMID:12717447

2: Mutations in novel peroxin gene PEX26 that cause peroxisome-biogenesis disorders of complementation group 8 provide a genotype-phenotype correlation. Matsumoto N, Tamura S, Furuki S, Miyata N, Moser A, Shimozawa N, Moser HW, Suzuki Y, Kondo N, Fujiki Y; Am J Hum Genet 2003;73:233-246. PMID:12851857