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Facts about Kinesin-like protein KIF2C.
Plays a role in chromosome congression and is required for the lateral to end-on conversion of the chromosome- microtubule attachment (PubMed:23891108). .
Human | |
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Gene Name: | KIF2C |
Uniprot: | Q99661 |
Entrez: | 11004 |
Belongs to: |
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TRAFAC class myosin-kinesin ATPase superfamily |
kinesin family member 2C; kinesin-like 6 (mitotic centromere-associated kinesin); Kinesin-like protein 6; kinesin-like protein KIF2C; MCAKKNSL6kinesin-like 6; Mitotic centromere-associated kinesin
Mass (kDA):
81.313 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 1p34.1 |
Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (44739704..44767767) |
Expressed at high levels in thymus and testis, at low levels in small intestine, the mucosal lining of colon, and placenta, and at very low levels in spleen and ovary; expression is not detected in prostate, peripheral blood Leukocytes, heart, brain, lung, liver, skeletal muscle, kidney or pancreas. Isoform 2 is testis-specific.
Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton. Nucleus. Chromosome, centromere. Chromosome, centromere, kinetochore. Associates with the microtubule network at the growing distal tip (the plus-end) of microtubules, probably through interaction with MTUS2/TIP150 and MAPRE1 (By similarity). Association with microtubule plus ends is also mediated by interaction with KIF18B. Centromeric localization requires the presence of BUB1 and SGO2.
PMID: 9434124 by Kim I.-G., et al. Cloning and expression of human mitotic centromere-associated kinesin gene.
PMID: 12383881 by Cheng L.J., et al. Expression of a novel HsMCAK mRNA splice variant, tsMCAK gene, in human testis.