SEPTIN9

septin 9

Ensembl:
ENSG00000184640, ENSG00000282302
UniProt:
Q9UHD8
OMIM:
604061
Synonyms:
AF17Q25, KIAA0991, MSF, MSF1, PNUTL4

Cilia effects upon perturbation of SEPTIN9

Cilia number / % ciliated:
Decreased cilia number
Loss-of-function effect:
Shorter cilia
Overexpression effect:
Longer cilia

Subcellular localization

basal body, cilia

Functional category

  • Ciliary assembly/disassembly
  • Trafficking (BBSome, small GTPases, vesicular transport, ATPases)
  • Actin & cytoskeleton regulation

Function

Septins are either enriched at the apical cell cortex including the ciliary bases (septin-2, -4, -6, and -7), or show axonemal staining (septin-2, -7, -9 and -11) or specifically localize to ciliary sub-compartments (septin-8 and -9)(24317785).