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Facts about Kinesin-like protein KIF23.
Required for the localization of ECT2 to the central spindle. Plus-end-directed motor enzyme that moves antiparallel microtubules in vitro.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | KIF23 |
| Uniprot: | Q02241 |
| Entrez: | 9493 |

| Belongs to: |
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| TRAFAC class myosin-kinesin ATPase superfamily |

kinesin family member 23; kinesin-like 5 (mitotic kinesin-like protein 1); Kinesin-like protein 5; kinesin-like protein KIF23; KNSL5CHO1; mitotic kinesin-like 1; MKLP-1; MKLP1Mitotic kinesin-like protein 1
Mass (kDA):
110.059 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 15q23 |
| Sequence: | 15; NC_000015.10 (69414325..69448427) |
Nucleus. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, spindle. Midbody, Midbody ring. Localizes to the interzone of mitotic spindles. Detected at the midbody during later stages of mitotic cytokinesis.






PMID: 1406973 by Nislow C., et al. A plus-end-directed motor enzyme that moves antiparallel microtubules in vitro localizes to the interzone of mitotic spindles.
PMID: 11782313 by Mishima M., et al. Central spindle assembly and cytokinesis require a kinesin-like protein/RhoGAP complex with microtubule bundling activity.