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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Oct 24.
Published in final edited form as: J Cell Biol. 2004 Oct 11;167(1):19–22. doi: 10.1083/jcb.200408113

Table I.

Standardized names for each kinesin family

Standardized Name Example Sequencesa Other Names for this Group fo Sequencesb
Endow et alc Hirokawad Lawrence et ale Other Names
Kinesin-1 KHC (J05258) KHC N-1 Kinesin-1 Conventional
KIF5A (AF067179)
KHC (L47106)
K7 (U41289)
Kinesin-2 KRP85 (L 16993) KHP85/95 N-IV Kinesin-II Heterotrimeric
KRP95 (U00996)
KIF3A (D12645)
KIF3B (D26077)
FLA10 (L33697)
Kinesin-3 KIF1A (29951) Unc-104/kif1 N-III Unc104 Monomeric
UNC104 (M58582)
KIN (L07879)
Unc104 (AF245277)
Kinesin-4 KIF4 (D12646) Chromokinesin/Kif4 N-V Chromookinesin (upper clade)
CHRKIN(U18309)
XKLP1 (X82012)
F11C1.80 (AB061676)
AY224568 (AY224568)
K8 (U89985)
Kinesin-5 KIF11 (AB001427) BimC N-II BIMC Eg5
EG5 (X54002) Bipolar
BIMC (M32075)
KRP125 (AC005896) Tetrameric
Kinesin-6 MKLP1 (X67155) MKLP1 N-VI MKLP (lower clade) Cho1
KIF20A (NM_009004)
K12 (AY484465)
Kinesin-7 CENP-E (Z15005) CENP-E N-VII CENP-E
KIF10 (AB001426)
KIP2p (Z11963)
AB028470 (AB028470)
Kinesin-8 KIF19A (AB054026) Kip3 N=IIX Kip3
KIP3p (Z72739)
T9C5.240 (NM_114825)
Kinesin-9 KIF9 (AJ132889) MKLP (middle clade)
KLP1 (X78589)
Kinesin-10 Nod (M36195)f Chromokinesin (lower clade) Kid
KID (AB017430)
KIF22 (NM_145588)
T1E22.130 (NM_120315)
Kinesin-11 VAB-8 (NM_073662) Divergent
KIF26A (XM_138275) Kinesin-1
SMY1p (M69021)f
Kinesin-12 KIF15 (AJ560623) MKLP (upper clade)
Xklp2 (X94082)
PaKRP1 (NM_117492)
3g23670 (NM_113271)
JGI_3356f
Kinesin-13 MCAK (U11790) MmKif2, M I-Type Kinl
KIF2 (D12644) MCAK/Kif2
3g16060 (NM_112476)
DSK1 (851680)
Kinesin-14 NCD (X52814) C-Terminal Motor C C-Type
KIFC1 (D49544)
KAR3p (M31719)
KATA (D11371)
KCBP (L40368)
Orphan Kinesinsh Orphans Orphans Ungrouped
a

Sequences are listed by coommon name followed by their GenBank ID in parentheses and are color-coded by kingdom: prolist sequences are purple; plant sequences are green; animal sequences are red; and those from fungi are blue.

b

A list of kinesin sequences and their respective family classification (if known)is actively maintained and exists online at http://www.proweb.org/kinesin//MotorSeqTable.html.

c

Dogenbach and Endow, 2004; Goodson et al., 1994; Kim and Endow, 2000; Moore and Endow, 1996.

d

Hirokawa, 1998.

e

Lowrence et al., 2002.

f

Drosophila melanogasler Nod and Saccharomyces cerevisiae SMY1p do not always group with their respective families. The placement of these two sequence is difficult to attain without performing in-depth, careful phylogenetic analyses, and their family placement should be considered tenuous.

g

Chlomydomonas reinharditii sequence from the DOE Joint Genome Institute (http://genome.jgi-psf.org/). JGI_3356 is a locus on scaffold 135 of at positions.

h

Goldstein, 1993.