KIF7

Motor protein found in humans
KIF7
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
List of PDB id codes

2XT3, 4A14

Identifiers
AliasesKIF7, ACLS, HLS2, JBTS12, UNQ340, AGBK, kinesin family member 7
External IDsOMIM: 611254 MGI: 1098239 HomoloGene: 72555 GeneCards: KIF7
Gene location (Human)
Chromosome 15 (human)
Chr.Chromosome 15 (human)[1]
Chromosome 15 (human)
Genomic location for KIF7
Genomic location for KIF7
Band15q26.1Start89,608,789 bp[1]
End89,655,467 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse)
Chromosome 7 (mouse)
Chr.Chromosome 7 (mouse)[2]
Chromosome 7 (mouse)
Genomic location for KIF7
Genomic location for KIF7
Band7|7 D2Start79,347,846 bp[2]
End79,365,468 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern
Bgee
HumanMouse (ortholog)
Top expressed in
  • ascending aorta

  • gastric mucosa

  • stromal cell of endometrium

  • left uterine tube

  • canal of the cervix

  • subcutaneous adipose tissue

  • left coronary artery

  • sural nerve

  • ganglionic eminence

  • right atrium
Top expressed in
  • hand

  • molar

  • foot

  • maxillary prominence

  • endocardial cushion

  • medullary collecting duct

  • renal corpuscle

  • vas deferens

  • internal carotid artery

  • external carotid artery
More reference expression data
BioGPS
n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function
  • microtubule binding
  • microtubule motor activity
  • nucleotide binding
  • protein binding
  • ATP binding
  • plus-end-directed microtubule motor activity
  • ATPase activity
Cellular component
  • cell projection
  • ciliary tip
  • cilium
  • kinesin complex
  • ciliary basal body
  • cytoplasm
  • cytoskeleton
  • microtubule
Biological process
  • microtubule-based movement
  • negative regulation of smoothened signaling pathway
  • positive regulation of smoothened signaling pathway
Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

374654

16576

Ensembl

ENSG00000166813

ENSMUSG00000050382

UniProt

Q2M1P5

B7ZNG0

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_198525

NM_001291222
NM_010626

RefSeq (protein)

NP_940927

n/a

Location (UCSC)Chr 15: 89.61 – 89.66 MbChr 7: 79.35 – 79.37 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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Kinesin family member 7 (KIF7), also known as kinesin-4, is a human protein encoded by the gene KIF7. It is part of the kinesin family of motor proteins.

Function

KIF7 depolymerises the growing plus-end of microtubules, and is involved in regulating Hedgehog signalling.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000166813 – Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000050382 – Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ He M, Subramanian R, Bangs F, Omelchenko T, Liem KF, Kapoor TM, Anderson KV (July 2014). "The kinesin-4 protein Kif7 regulates mammalian Hedgehog signalling by organizing the cilium tip compartment". Nature Cell Biology. 16 (7): 663–672. doi:10.1038/ncb2988. PMC 4085576. PMID 24952464.
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Human
Microfilaments
and ABPs
Myofilament
Actins
Myosins
Other
Other
Intermediate
filaments
Type 1/2
(Keratin,
Cytokeratin)
Epithelial keratins
(soft alpha-keratins)
Hair keratins
(hard alpha-keratins)
Ungrouped alpha
Not alpha
Type 3
Type 4
Type 5
Microtubules
and MAPs
Tubulins
MAPs
Kinesins
Dyneins
Microtubule organising proteins
Microtubule severing proteins
Other
Catenins
Membrane
Other
Nonhuman
See also: cytoskeletal defects


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