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Facts about Kinesin-like protein KIF3A.
Plays a role in primary cilia formation. Plays a role in centriole cohesion and subdistal appendage business and function.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | KIF3A |
| Uniprot: | Q9Y496 |
| Entrez: | 11127 |

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

KIF3; kinesin family member 3A; kinesin family protein 3A; kinesin-like protein KIF3A; Microtubule plus end-directed kinesin motor 3A
Mass (kDA):
80.041 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 5q31.1 |
| Sequence: | 5; NC_000005.10 (132688808..132737563, complement) |
Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton. Cell projection, cilium. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, microtubule organizing center, centrosome, centriole. Localizes to the subdistal appendage region of the centriole.





PMID: 10548469 by Whitehead J.L., et al. Photoreceptor localization of the KIF3A and KIF3B subunits of the heterotrimeric microtubule motor kinesin II in vertebrate retina.
PMID: 20643351 by Kinzel D., et al. Pitchfork regulates primary cilia disassembly and left-right asymmetry.