KIFAP3
kinesin associated protein 3
- Ensembl:
- ENSG00000075945
- UniProt:
- Q92845
- OMIM:
- 601836
- Synonyms:
- FLA3, KAP-1, KAP3, SMAP
Cilia effects upon perturbation of KIFAP3
- Cilia number / % ciliated:
- Unknown
- Loss-of-function effect:
- Unknown
- Overexpression effect:
- Unknown
Ciliogenesis screen results (4 screens)
- Kim2016: No effect
- Wheway et al. 2015 (siRNA) [siRNA]: Ciliogenesis Defect (z=-3.72) PMID:26167766
- Breslow et al. 2018 (CRISPR) [CRISPR]: Positive Regulator (Hh signaling, casTLE effect=-4.59) PMID:29459680
- Roosing et al. 2015 (siRNA) [siRNA]: Joubert Candidate / Ciliogenesis Defect (robust z=-2.51, ciliated=18.4%) PMID:26595381
Phenotypes
- Mouse phenotype:
- preweaning lethality, complete penetrance, impaired glucose tolerance
Subcellular localization
basal body, centrosome, cytosol, endosome, nucleus
Functional category
- Ciliary assembly/disassembly
- Trafficking (BBSome, small GTPases, vesicular transport, ATPases)
- Actin & cytoskeleton regulation
- Neurogenesis & migration
- Cell migration & adhesion
- Signaling (Hedgehog, GPCRs, ion channels)
- Cardiac & muscle development
- Transition zone
Function
KIFAP3 has localized in basal body.
Model organism evidence
Mus musculus (1 reference)
Heterodimeric kinesin-2 (KIF3A/KIF3B/KAP3) powers several intracellular transport processes, including intraflagellar transport (IFT), essential for ciliogenesis.
PMIDs: 38405607