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Facts about Kinesin heavy chain isoform 5C.
Kinesin is a microtubule-associated force-producing protein which may play a role in organelle transport. Required for anterograde axonal transport of MAPK8IP3/JIP3 that's essential for MAPK8IP3/JIP3 function in axon elongation (By similarity).
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Gene Name: | KIF5C |
Uniprot: | O60282 |
Entrez: | 3800 |
Belongs to: |
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TRAFAC class myosin-kinesin ATPase superfamily |
heavy chain, neuron-specific; KIF 5C; kinesin family member 5C; Kinesin heavy chain neuron-specific 2; MGC111478; NKHC; NKHC2NKHC-2
Mass (kDA):
109.495 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 2q23.1-q23.2 |
Sequence: | 2; NC_000002.12 (148875227..149026759) |
Highest expression in brain, prostate and testis, and moderate expression in kidney, small intestine and ovary.
Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton. Cell projection, dendrite. Abundant in distal regions of dendrites.
PMID: 9361024 by Engelender S., et al. Huntingtin-associated protein 1 (HAP1) interacts with the p150Glued subunit of dynactin.
PMID: 15644324 by Brickley K., et al. GRIF-1 and OIP106, members of a novel gene family of coiled-coil domain proteins: association in vivo and in vitro with kinesin.