KIF1A

Kinesin family member 1A

PDB rendering based on 1i6i.
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
Symbols KIF1A ; ATSV; C2orf20; HSN2C; MRD9; SPG30; UNC104
External IDs OMIM: 601255 MGI: 108391 HomoloGene: 99729 GeneCards: KIF1A Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 547 16560
Ensembl ENSG00000130294 ENSMUSG00000014602
UniProt Q12756 E9Q9G6
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001244008 NM_001110315
RefSeq (protein) NP_001230937 NP_001103785
Location (UCSC) Chr 2:
240.71 – 240.82 Mb
Chr 1:
93.02 – 93.1 Mb
PubMed search

Kinesin-like protein KIF1A, also known as axonal transporter of synaptic vesicles or microtubule-based motor KIF1A, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KIF1A gene.[1][2][3]

Function

KIF1A is a member of the kinesin family. This protein is highly similar to mouse heavy-chain kinesin member 1A protein, which is an anterograde motor protein that transports membranous organelles along axonal microtubules. It is thought that this protein may play a critical role in the development of axonal neuropathies resulting from impaired axonal transport. There are multiple polyadenylation sites found in this gene.[1] Sexual orientation has been linked to the regulatory domain of the gene.[4]

Clinical significance

KIF1A is associated with hereditary spastic paraparesis.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: kinesin family member 1A".
  2. Okada Y, Yamazaki H, Sekine-Aizawa Y, Hirokawa N (June 1995). "The neuron-specific kinesin superfamily protein KIF1A is a unique monomeric motor for anterograde axonal transport of synaptic vesicle precursors". Cell 81 (5): 769–80. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(95)90538-3. PMID 7539720.
  3. Keller MP, Seifried BA, Rabin BA, Chance PF (March 1999). "Mapping of the kinesin-related gene ATSV to chromosome 2q37". Hum. Genet. 104 (3): 254–6. doi:10.1007/s004390050944. PMID 10323250.
  4. Ngun, Tuck (October 8, 2015). "PgmNr 95: A novel predictive model of sexual orientation using epigenetic markers.". American Society of Human Genetics.
  5. Erlich Y, Edvardson S, Hodges E, Zenvirt S, Thekkat P, Shaag A, Dor T, Hannon GJ, Elpeleg O (April 2011). "Exome sequencing and disease-network analysis of a single family implicate a mutation in KIF1A in hereditary spastic paraparesis". Genome Res 21 (5): 658–64. doi:10.1101/gr.117143.110. PMC 3083082. PMID 21487076.

Further reading

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