KIF21A

KIF21A
Identifiers
Aliases	KIF21A, CFEOM1, FEOM1, FEOM3A, kinesin family member 21A
External IDs	OMIM: 608283; MGI: 109188; HomoloGene: 56761; GeneCards: KIF21A; OMA:KIF21A - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 12 (human)
End	39,443,390 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 15 (mouse)
End	90,934,151 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	spinal ganglia; ; pars compacta; ; Pons; ; superior vestibular nucleus; ; lateral nuclear group of thalamus; ; pars reticulata; ; bronchial epithelial cell; ; palpebral conjunctiva; ; Brodmann area 23; ; ventral tegmental area;
	Top expressed in
	habenula; ; facial motor nucleus; ; ventricular zone; ; dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus; ; primary motor cortex; ; mammillary body; ; ventromedial nucleus; ; medial vestibular nucleus; ; central gray substance of midbrain; ; lateral hypothalamus;
	More reference expression data
	More reference expression data
Gene ontology
Molecular function	microtubule binding; microtubule motor activity; nucleotide binding; ATPase activity; protein binding; ATP binding;
Cellular component	cytoplasm; microtubule; cytoskeleton; kinesin complex; cytosol; plasma membrane;
Biological process	microtubule-based movement;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	55605
	16564
	ENSG00000139116
	ENSMUSG00000022629
	Q7Z4S6
	Q9QXL2
NM_001173463; NM_001173464; NM_001173465; NM_017641; NM_001378439;
	NM_001378440; NM_001378441
	NM_001109040; NM_001109041; NM_001109042; NM_016705; NM_001358050
NP_001166934; NP_001166935; NP_001166936; NP_060111; NP_001365368;
	NP_001365369; NP_001365370
	NP_001102510; NP_001102511; NP_001102512; NP_057914; NP_001344979
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Kinesin-like protein KIF21A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KIF21A gene.

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.