KIF1A

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Kinesin-like protein KIF1A, also known as axonal transporter of synaptic vesicles or microtubule-based motor KIF1A, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KIF1A gene.[1][2][3]

Function

KIF1A is a member of the kinesin family. This protein is highly similar to mouse heavy-chain kinesin member 1A protein, which is an anterograde motor protein that transports membranous organelles along axonal microtubules. It is thought that this protein may play a critical role in the development of axonal neuropathies resulting from impaired axonal transport. There are multiple polyadenylation sites found in this gene.[1] Sexual orientation has been linked to the regulatory domain of the gene.[4]

Clinical significance

KIF1A is associated with hereditary spastic paraparesis.[5]

The website KIF1A.org serves as a resource for patients and care-givers, and provides links to research efforts.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Entrez Gene: kinesin family member 1A".
  2. ↑ Okada Y, Yamazaki H, Sekine-Aizawa Y, Hirokawa N (June 1995). "The neuron-specific kinesin superfamily protein KIF1A is a unique monomeric motor for anterograde axonal transport of synaptic vesicle precursors". Cell. 81 (5): 769–80. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(95)90538-3. PMID 7539720.
  3. ↑ Keller MP, Seifried BA, Rabin BA, Chance PF (March 1999). "Mapping of the kinesin-related gene ATSV to chromosome 2q37". Hum. Genet. 104 (3): 254–6. doi:10.1007/s004390050944. PMID 10323250.
  4. ↑ Ngun, Tuck (October 8, 2015). "PgmNr 95: A novel predictive model of sexual orientation using epigenetic markers". American Society of Human Genetics.
  5. ↑ Erlich Y, Edvardson S, Hodges E, Zenvirt S, Thekkat P, Shaag A, Dor T, Hannon GJ, Elpeleg O (April 2011). "Exome sequencing and disease-network analysis of a single family implicate a mutation in KIF1A in hereditary spastic paraparesis". Genome Res. 21 (5): 658–64. doi:10.1101/gr.117143.110. PMC 3083082. PMID 21487076.

Further reading

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.