Biology:KIF18A

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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Kinesin family member KIF18A is a human protein encoded by the KIF18A gene.[1][2] It is part of the kinesin family of motor proteins.

Function

KIF18A is a plus-end directed motor protein, and migrates to the plus ends of the spindle during early mitosis. It first accumulates there during prophase and metaphase, and is depleted during anaphase.[3]

References

  1. "Toward a catalog of human genes and proteins: sequencing and analysis of 500 novel complete protein coding human cDNAs". Genome Res 11 (3): 422–35. Mar 2001. doi:10.1101/gr.GR1547R. PMID 11230166. 
  2. "Entrez Gene: KIF18A kinesin family member 18A". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=81930. 
  3. Mayr, Monika I.; Hümmer, Stefan; Bormann, Jenny; Grüner, Tamara; Adio, Sarah; Woehlke, Guenther; Mayer, Thomas U. (March 2007). "The Human Kinesin Kif18A Is a Motile Microtubule Depolymerase Essential for Chromosome Congression" (in English). Current Biology 17 (6): 488–498. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2007.02.036. ISSN 0960-9822. PMID 17346968. 

Further reading

External links

  • PDBe-KB provides an overview of all the structure information available in the PDB for Human Kinesin-like protein KIF18A