kinesin heavy (alpha) chain

Function

• microtubule-dependent motor required for normal distribution of mitochondria & lysosomes (putative)

Structure

• kinesin oligomer composed of two heavy chains & two light chains

More general terms

• adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase)
• guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase)

More specific terms

• kinesin family 5A (Kif5a, neuronal kinesin heavy chain, NKHC, kinesin heavy chain isoform 5A, kinesin heavy chain neuron-specific 1, KIF5A, NKHC1)
• kinesin family member 1A (Kif1a, axonal transporter of synaptic vesicles, microtubule-based motor KIF1A, UNC-104- & KIF1A-related protein, hUNC-104, KIF1A, ATSV, C2orf20)
• kinesin heavy chain (ubiquitous kinesin heavy chain, UKHC, KIF5B KNS KNS1)
• kinesin heavy chain 2A (Kif2A, kinesin family protein 2, HK2, KIF2, KNS2)

Component of

• kinesin

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P33176.html
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/148760