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KIF2C

Kinesin-like protein KIF2C is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KIF2C gene.[1][2]

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of kinesin-like protein family. Most proteins of this family are microtubule-dependent molecular motors that transport organelles within cells and move chromosomes during cell division. This protein acts to regulate microtubule dynamics in cells and is important for anaphase chromosome segregation and may be required to coordinate the onset of sister centromere separation.[2]

References

  1. Kim IG, Jun DY, Sohn U, Kim YH (Feb 1998). “Cloning and expression of human mitotic centromere-associated kinesin gene”. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1359 (3): 181–6. doi:10.1016/s0167-4889(97)00103-1. PMID 9434124.
  2. 2.0 2.1 “Entrez Gene: KIF2C kinesin family member 2C”.

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