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KIF21A

Chr 12q12

kinesin family member 21A

Aliases:
FLJ20052
MANE:
ENST00000361418.10

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • Arthrogryposis

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
  • Fetal anomalies

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Hereditary neuropathy or pain disorder

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
  • Intellectual disability

Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles

    0.81
  • congenital fibrosis of extraocular muscles

    0.53
  • arthrogryposis

    0.46
  • hereditary disease

    0.42
  • fetal akinesia deformation sequence 1

    0.37
  • fetal akinesia deformation sequence

    0.37
  • Abnormality of eye movement

    0.34
  • bipolar disorder

    0.29
  • metabolic disease

    0.29
  • parasitic infectious disease

    0.21

Score is the Open Targets composite evidence score (0-1). Higher = stronger gene-disease association.

Protein function (UniProt)

Kinesin-like protein KIF21A

Processive microtubule plus-end directed motor protein involved in neuronal axon guidance. Is recruited by KANK1 to cortical microtubule stabilizing complexes (CMSCs) at focal adhesions (FAs) rims where it promotes microtubule capture and stability. Controls microtubule polymerization rate at axonal growth cones and suppresses microtubule growth without inducing microtubule disassembly once it reaches the cell cortex

Data sources: HGNC (CC BY 4.0), AlphaFold (CC BY 4.0, Jumper et al. Nature 2021), Genomics England PanelApp (CC BY 4.0), ClinGen, Open Targets (CC0), UniProt.

Not for sole clinical decision-making. Always verify against primary sources.