klp-20 Kinesin-like protein klp-20 [Caenorhabditis elegans] - Gene

Summary

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Official Symbol: klp-20
Official Full Name: Kinesin-like protein klp-20
Primary source: WormBase:WBGene00002230
Locus tag: CELE_Y50D7A.6
See related: AllianceGenome:WB:WBGene00002230
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: REVIEWED
Organism: Caenorhabditis elegans (strain: Bristol N2)
Lineage: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Nematoda; Chromadorea; Rhabditida; Rhabditina; Rhabditomorpha; Rhabditoidea; Rhabditidae; Peloderinae; Caenorhabditis
Summary: Enables microtubule motor activity. Involved in microtubule-based movement. Part of axonemal heterotrimeric kinesin-II complex. Is expressed in head; intestine; nervous system; and reproductive system. Orthologous to human KIF3A (kinesin family member 3A). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Nov 2024]
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Genomic context

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See klp-20 in Genome Data Viewer

Location:: chromosome: III

Exon count:: 13

Sequence:: Chromosome: III; NC_003281.10 (221416..228815)

Chromosome III - NC_003281.10 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:: NC_003281.10

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Bibliography

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?

demonstrate that heterodimerization of the two distinct motor domains KLP11 and KLP20 of Caenorhabditis elegans kinesin-2 requires a dimerization seed of merely two heptads at the C terminus of the stalk.
Title: How kinesin-2 forms a stalk.
provide several interdependent reasons for the heterodimerization of the kinesin-2 motor KLP11/KLP20 of Caenorhabditis elegans cilia.
Title: Regulation of a heterodimeric kinesin-2 through an unprocessive motor domain that is turned processive by its partner.

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Pathways from PubChem

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Interactions

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Products	Interactant	Other Gene	Complex	Source	Pubs	Description

General gene information

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Markers

Y50D7_162.a (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:323020

Homology

Orthologs from OrthoDB

Gene Ontology Provided by WormBase

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables ATP binding	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables ATP hydrolysis activity	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables microtubule binding	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables microtubule binding	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables microtubule motor activity	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables microtubule motor activity	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables microtubule motor activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
involved_in anterograde axonal transport	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in cilium assembly	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in microtubule-based movement	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in microtubule-based movement	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
located_in axon cytoplasm	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
part_of axonemal heterotrimeric kinesin-II complex	IPI Inferred from Physical Interaction more info	PubMed
located_in cilium	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
is_active_in cytoplasm	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
located_in cytoplasm	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in cytoskeleton	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
part_of kinesin complex	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
is_active_in microtubule	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
located_in microtubule	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

General protein information

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Preferred Names: Kinesin-like protein klp-20

NP_497178.1

Confirmed by transcript evidence

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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Genome Annotation

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Reference assembly

Genomic

NC_003281.10 Reference assembly

Range

221416..228815

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mRNA and Protein(s)

NM_064777.7 → NP_497178.1 Kinesin-like protein klp-20 [Caenorhabditis elegans]

See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_497178.1

Status: REVIEWED

UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot

Q965T6

UniProtKB/TrEMBL

Q9GV90

Conserved Domains (2) summary

cl22853
Location:5 → 331

Motor_domain; Myosin and Kinesin motor domain

cl25732
Location:325 → 569

SMC_N; RecF/RecN/SMC N terminal domain