KLC3

This gene encodes a member of the kinesin light chain gene family. Kinesins are molecular motors involved in the transport of cargo along microtubules, and are composed of two kinesin heavy chain (KHC) and two kinesin light chain (KLC) molecules. KLCs are thought to typically be involved in binding cargo and regulating kinesin activity. In the rat, a protein similar to this gene product is expressed in post-meiotic spermatids, where it associates with structural components of sperm tails and mitochondria. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Description

Kinesin light chain 3

Tissue specificity

Tissue enhanced (esophagus, skin)

Subcell location

Nucleoplasm, Actin filaments, Cytosol

Predicted location

Intracellular

Protein family

Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Predicted intracellular proteins
Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014)

Chromosome

19 (45333434 - 45351520)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000104892  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Klc3: ENSMUSG00000040714

UniProt

Q6P597

neXtProt

NX_Q6P597

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants

Protein structure