KIF21A

Kinesin-like protein KIF21A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KIF21A gene.[5][6]

KIF21A
Identifiers
AliasesKIF21A, CFEOM1, FEOM1, FEOM3A, kinesin family member 21A
External IDsOMIM: 608283 MGI: 109188 HomoloGene: 56761 GeneCards: KIF21A
Gene location (Human)
Chr.Chromosome 12 (human)[1]
Band12q12Start39,293,228 bp[1]
End39,443,390 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

55605

16564

Ensembl

ENSG00000139116

ENSMUSG00000022629

UniProt

Q7Z4S6

Q9QXL2

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001109040
NM_001109041
NM_001109042
NM_016705
NM_001358050

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001102510
NP_001102511
NP_001102512
NP_057914
NP_001344979

Location (UCSC)Chr 12: 39.29 – 39.44 MbChr 15: 90.93 – 91.05 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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KIF21A belongs to a family of plus end-directed kinesin (see MIM 600025) motor proteins. Neurons use kinesin and dynein (see MIM 600112) microtubule-dependent motor proteins to transport essential cellular components along axonal and dendritic microtubules.[supplied by OMIM][6]

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000139116 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000022629 - Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Marszalek JR, Weiner JA, Farlow SJ, Chun J, Goldstein LS (Jun 1999). "Novel dendritic kinesin sorting identified by different process targeting of two related kinesins: KIF21A and KIF21B". J Cell Biol. 145 (3): 469–479. doi:10.1083/jcb.145.3.469. PMC 2185086. PMID 10225949.
  6. "Entrez Gene: KIF21A kinesin family member 21A".

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