Table 2

Subfamily distribution of kinesins from different organisms and comparison of the number of kinesins to the total number of genes.

Function*

H. sapiens

D. melanogaster

C. elegans

D. discoideum

A. thaliana

S. pombe

S. cerevisae


Number of kinesin genes

45

24

20

13

62

9

6

N-1 (KHC)

+

3

1

1

3

1

1

N-2 (BimC/Eg5)

++

2

1

1

1

4

1

2

N-3 (Unc104/Kif1)

+

8

4

3

1

N-4 (Osm3)

+

4

3

3

N-5 (Kif4)

+ / ++

4

2

2

1

3

N-6 (MKLP1)

++

3

1

1

1

1

1

N-7 (CENP-E)

++

1

2

2

8

N-8 (Kip3)

+ / ++

4

2

1

1

2

2

1

N-9 (Kif12)

+++

1

1

N-10 (Kif15)

++

1

2

6

N-11 (Kif26)

+++

2

1

N-12 (Kif6)

+++

2

N-13 (Kip2)

++

1

1

N-14 (Nack)

+++

8

N-15 (Kif7)

+++

1

N-16 (Kid)

++

1

N-17 (Tbk5)

+++

2

M-1 (MCAK/Kif2)

++

4

3

1

1

2

M-2 (KATD)

+++

12

C-1 (NCD/Kar3)

++

1

1

1

4

2

1

C-2

+

1

C-3

+++

1

C-4 (KCBP)

++

1

Not classified

1

3

4

1

8

1

1

Predicted number of genes

~30000

13601

18424

~11000

25498

4824

6241

Percentage of kinesins [%]

0.15

0.18

0.11

0.12

0.24

0.19

0.10


* + = organelle transport; ++ mitosis; +++ unclear or unknown function.

Kollmar and Glöckner BMC Genomics 2003 4:47   doi:10.1186/1471-2164-4-47

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