KIF4B is a human protein encoded by the gene KIF4B. It is part of the kinesin family of motor proteins.

KIF4B
Identifiers
AliasesKIF4B, kinesin family member 4B
External IDsOMIM: 609184; HomoloGene: 129673; GeneCards: KIF4B; OMA:KIF4B - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
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UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001099293

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RefSeq (protein)

NP_001092763

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Location (UCSC)Chr 5: 155.01 – 155.02 Mbn/a
PubMed search[2]n/a
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Function

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KIF4B and the closely related protein KIF4A are essential for regulating anaphase spindle dynamics during mitosis.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000226650Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. ^ Zhu, Changjun; Zhao, Jian; Bibikova, Marina; Leverson, Joel D.; Bossy-Wetzel, Ella; Fan, Jian-Bing; Abraham, Robert T.; Jiang, Wei (July 2005). "Functional Analysis of Human Microtubule-based Motor Proteins, the Kinesins and Dyneins, in Mitosis/Cytokinesis Using RNA Interference". Molecular Biology of the Cell. 16 (7): 3187–3199. doi:10.1091/mbc.e05-02-0167. ISSN 1059-1524. PMC 1165403. PMID 15843429.