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Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

KIF18A
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
List of PDB id codes

3LRE

Identifiers
AliasesKIF18A, MS-PPP1R99, kinesin family member 18A
External IDsOMIM: 611271; MGI: 2446977; HomoloGene: 41820; GeneCards: KIF18A; OMA:KIF18A - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chromosome 11 (human)
Chr.Chromosome 11 (human)
Chromosome 11 (human)Genomic location for KIF18AGenomic location for KIF18A
Band11p14.1Start28,020,619 bp
End28,108,156 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chromosome 2 (mouse)
Chr.Chromosome 2 (mouse)
Chromosome 2 (mouse)Genomic location for KIF18AGenomic location for KIF18A
Band2|2 E3Start109,111,083 bp
End109,172,092 bp
RNA expression pattern
Bgee
HumanMouse (ortholog)
Top expressed in
  • ventricular zone

  • gonad

  • testicle

  • secondary oocyte

  • ganglionic eminence

  • sperm

  • left testis

  • right testis

  • stromal cell of endometrium

  • bone marrow
Top expressed in
  • zygote

  • secondary oocyte

  • primary oocyte

  • spermatid

  • fetal liver hematopoietic progenitor cell

  • ventricular zone

  • genital tubercle

  • spermatocyte

  • epiblast

  • tail of embryo
More reference expression data
BioGPS
More reference expression data
Gene ontology
Molecular function
Cellular component
Biological process
Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

81930

228421

Ensembl

ENSG00000121621

ENSMUSG00000027115

UniProt

Q8NI77

Q91WD7

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_031217

NM_139303

RefSeq (protein)

NP_112494

NP_647464

Location (UCSC)Chr 11: 28.02 – 28.11 MbChr 2: 109.11 – 109.17 Mb
PubMed search
Wikidata
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Kinesin family member KIF18A is a human protein encoded by the KIF18A gene. It is part of the kinesin family of motor proteins.

Function

KIF18A is a plus-end directed motor protein, and migrates to the plus ends of the spindle during early mitosis. It first accumulates there during prophase and metaphase, and is depleted during anaphase.

KIF18a(-/-) knockout in mice results in complete sterility in males, but not females, due to abnormal development of the seminiferous tubules. The mice were otherwise normal, suggesting KIF18a is not essential for cell divisions in non-germ cells.

Therapeutic Target

KIF18A has been considered as a cancer target because it is overexpressed in many cancer types and mouse studies suggest it is dispensable in somatic cells. As such, small molecule inhibitors of KIF18A have been developed to block its activity.

References

  1. ^ GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000121621Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000027115Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Wiemann S, Weil B, Wellenreuther R, Gassenhuber J, Glassl S, Ansorge W, et al. (March 2001). "Toward a catalog of human genes and proteins: sequencing and analysis of 500 novel complete protein coding human cDNAs". Genome Research. 11 (3): 422–435. doi:10.1101/gr.GR1547R. PMC 311072. PMID 11230166.
  6. "Entrez Gene: KIF18A kinesin family member 18A".
  7. Mayr MI, Hümmer S, Bormann J, Grüner T, Adio S, Woehlke G, et al. (March 2007). "The human kinesin Kif18A is a motile microtubule depolymerase essential for chromosome congression". Current Biology. 17 (6): 488–498. Bibcode:2007CBio...17..488M. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2007.02.036. PMID 17346968.
  8. Liu XS, Zhao XD, Wang X, Yao YX, Zhang LL, Shu RZ, et al. (January 2010). "Germinal Cell Aplasia in Kif18a Mutant Male Mice Due to Impaired Chromosome Congression and Dysregulated BubR1 and CENP-E". Genes & Cancer. 1 (1): 26–39. doi:10.1177/1947601909358184. PMC 2963078. PMID 20981276.
  9. ^ Payton M, Belmontes B, Hanestad K, Moriguchi J, Chen K, McCarter JD, et al. (January 2024). "Small-molecule inhibition of kinesin KIF18A reveals a mitotic vulnerability enriched in chromosomally unstable cancers". Nature Cancer. 5 (1): 66–84. doi:10.1038/s43018-023-00699-5. PMC 10824666. PMID 38151625.

Further reading

External links

  • PDBe-KB provides an overview of all the structure information available in the PDB for Human Kinesin-like protein KIF18A
Proteins of the cytoskeleton
Human
Microfilaments
and ABPs
Myofilament
Actins
Myosins
Other
Other
Intermediate
filaments
Type 1/2
(Keratin,
Cytokeratin)
Epithelial keratins
(soft alpha-keratins)
Hair keratins
(hard alpha-keratins)
Ungrouped alpha
Not alpha
Type 3
Type 4
Type 5
Microtubules
and MAPs
Tubulins
MAPs
Kinesins
Dyneins
Microtubule organising proteins
Microtubule severing proteins
Other
Catenins
Membrane
Other
Nonhuman
See also: cytoskeletal defects


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