Gene interactions and pathways from curated databases and text-mining
J Biol Chem 2006, PMID: 16298999

Role of the kinesin-2 family protein, KIF3, during mitosis.

Haraguchi, Keiko; Hayashi, Tomoatsu; Jimbo, Takeshi; Yamamoto, Tadashi; Akiyama, Tetsu

During mitosis, kinesin and dynein motor proteins play critical roles in the equal segregation of chromosomes between two daughter cells. Kinesin-2 is composed of two microtubule-based motor subunits, KIF3A/3B, and a kinesin-associated protein known as KAP3, which links KIF3A/3B to cargo that is carried to cellular organelles along microtubules in interphase cells. We have shown here that the kinesin-2 complex is localized with components of the mitotic apparatus such as spindle microtubules and centrosomes. Furthermore, we found that expression of a mutant KIF3B, which is able to associate with KIF3A but not KAP3 in NIH3T3 cells, caused chromosomal aneuploidy and abnormal spindle formation. Our data suggested that the kinesin-2 complex plays an important role not only in interphase but also in mitosis.

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Manually curated Databases

  • Gene Ontology Complexes spindle microtubule: spindle microtubule complex (AURKC-BIRC8-NUMA1-BIRC7-ARL3-CALM1-BIRC3-KIF4A-SKA1-PARP4-XIAP-SKA2-KIF11-KIFAP3-NEIL2-NLRC4-CAPN6-KIF3A-KIF3B-TUBG2)
  • Gene Ontology Complexes kinesin II complex: kinesin II complex complex (KIF3B-KIFAP3-KIF3A)
In total, 190 gene pairs are associated to this article in curated databases