kinesin family member 21A (Kif21A, kinesin-like protein KIF2, NY-REN-62 antigen, KIAA1708, KIF2)

Function

• microtubule-binding motor protein
• neuronal axonal transport
• plus-end directed motor activity

Alternative splicing

named isoforms=4

Pathology

• defects in KIF21A are a cause of fibrosis of extraocular muscles (FEOM1)

More general terms

• kinesin family protein

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=55605
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/608283
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/135700
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q7Z4S6.html