KIF2C, KNSL6, Kinesin-like protein KIF2C, Kinesin-like protein 6, Mitotic centromere-associated kinesin, MCAK
kinesin family member 2C(KIF2C) Homo sapiens This gene encodes a kinesin-like protein that functions as a microtubule-dependent molecular motor. The encoded protein can depolymerize microtubules at the plus end, thereby promoting mitotic chromosome segregation. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2014],function:Present throughout the cell cycle, associates with centromeres at early prophase, and remains associated with the centromere until after telophase.,PTM:Phosphorylated upon DNA damage, probably by ATM or ATR.,similarity:Belongs to the kinesin-like protein family.,similarity:Belongs to the kinesin-like protein family. MCAK/KIF2 subfamily.,similarity:Contains 1 kinesin-motor domain.,subunit:Interacts with CENPH.,tissue specificity:Expressed at high levels in thymus and testis, at low levels in small intestine, the mucosal lining of colon, and placenta, and at very low levels in spleen and ovary, expression is not detected in prostate, peripheral blood Leukocytes, heart, brain, lung, liver, skeletal muscle, kidney or pancreas.,
