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; OMA:KIF21A - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
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: 90.82 – 90.93 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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KIF21A belongs to a family of plus end-directed kinesin motor proteins. Neurons use kinesin and dynein microtubule-dependent motor proteins to transport essential cellular components along axonal and dendritic microtubules.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000139116Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000022629Ensembl, 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. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: KIF21A kinesin family member 21A".

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