Tafazzi

Tafazzi
Mai dire Gol character
Created by	Carlo Turati
Portrayed by	Giacomo Poretti
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Nationality	Italian

Tafazzi is an Italian comic character created by Carlo Turati and portrayed by Giacomo Poretti, member of the group Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo. ^[1] It originally appeared in 1995 on Mai dire Gol , a comic-sports television show by the Gialappa's Band, but later appeared in other works of Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo, including the theatre show I corti.

Tafazzi is a sort of mime wearing a black tracksuit and a jockstrap, who does nothing but beat his groin with a plastic bottle while wearing a jockstrap.

The character is the source of the name of the protein Tafazzin, due to the difficulties involved in identifying the tafazzin gene. ^{[2] [3]}

See also

• Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo

References

1. "I rischi del tafazzismo". ilGiornale.it (in Italian). 2022-01-27. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
2. Schlame, Michael; Xu, Yang (2020-08-21). "The Function of Tafazzin, a Mitochondrial Phospholipid–Lysophospholipid Acyltransferase". Journal of Molecular Biology. Molecular Mechanisms in Integral Membrane Enzymology. 432 (18): 5043–5051. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2020.03.026. ISSN   0022-2836. PMC   7483898 . PMID   32234310.
3. Corcelli, Angela; Schlame, Michael (2016-06-01). "Cardiolipin as key lipid of mitochondria in health and disease. 2nd Edition, Florence, Italy, September 30–October 1, 2015" . Chemistry and Physics of Lipids. 198: 10–12. doi:10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2016.04.005. ISSN   0009-3084. PMID   27132118.