StAR-related lipid transfer protein 9; START domain-containing protein 9; StARD9 (STARD9, KIAA1300)

Function

• microtubule-dependent motor protein required for spindle pole assembly during mitosis
• required to stabilize the pericentriolar material

Structure

• belongs to the kinesin-like protein family
• contains 1 FHA domain
• contains 1 kinesin-motor domain
• contains 1 START domain

Compartment

• cytoplasm, cytoskeleton
• centrosome, centriole
• nucleus
• localizes throughout the cytoplasm & nucleus during interphase
• localizes to the daughter centriole during mitosis
• disappears in cytokinesis

Alternative splicing

named isoforms=3

Expression

• expressed in the central nervous system, muscle cells (cardiac muscle & skeletal muscle), pancreas, prostate & lung

More general terms

• StAR-related lipid transfer protein

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=57519
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:57519
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9P2P6.html