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Gene

KIF21B

kinesin family member 21B

Summary

Cytogenetic location
1q32.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 1: 200,969,390–201,023,714 (GRCh38)
Exons
35 exons across 54.3 kb
Protein
1,623 amino acids
Also known as
DKFZP434J212, KIAA0449
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000461742.7NM_001252102.2
Locus type
gene with protein product

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How KIF21B is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 1, with a bracket where KIF21B sits. KIF21B and 15 genes near it on chromosome 1, from 200,496,552 to 201,496,551.Chromosome 11q32.1p36.33p36.32p36.31p36.23p36.22p36.21p36.13p36.12p36.11p35.3p35.2p35.1p34.3p34.2p34.1p33p32.3p32.2p32.1p31.3p31.2p31.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11q12q21.1q21.2q21.3q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q41q42.11q42.12q42.13q42.2q42.3q43q44200.6 Mb200.8 Mb201 Mb201.2 Mb201.4 MbKIF14: 200,551,497–200,620,776, reverse strandKIF14DDX59: 200,623,896–200,670,049, reverse strandDDX59CAMSAP2: 200,738,885–200,860,751, forward strandCAMSAP2GPR25: 200,872,981–200,874,178, forward strandGPR25INAVA: 200,890,995–200,915,742, forward strandINAVAKIF21B: 200,969,390–201,023,714, reverse strandKIF21BCACNA1S: 201,039,512–201,112,464, reverse strandCACNA1SASCL5: 201,113,943–201,127,184, reverse strandASCL5TMEM9: 201,134,772–201,172,330, reverse strandTMEM9IGFN1: 201,190,824–201,228,952, forward strandIGFN1PKP1: 201,283,452–201,332,993, forward strandPKP1TNNT2: 201,356,606–201,379,773, reverse strandTNNT2LAD1: 201,380,212–201,399,915, reverse strandLAD1TNNI1: 201,403,784–201,429,866, reverse strandTNNI1PHLDA3: 201,463,858–201,469,430, reverse strandPHLDA3CSRP1: 201,483,530–201,540,142, reverse strandCSRP1Diagram of KIF21B: 35 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 1Exon 35: 200,969,390–200,973,578, 4,189 basesExon 34: 200,974,714–200,974,913, 200 basesExon 33: 200,975,499–200,975,669, 171 basesExon 32: 200,976,776–200,976,893, 118 basesExon 31: 200,977,212–200,977,376, 165 basesExon 30: 200,979,535–200,979,715, 181 basesExon 29: 200,980,960–200,981,096, 137 basesExon 28: 200,983,056–200,983,094, 39 basesExon 27: 200,984,859–200,984,972, 114 basesExon 26: 200,986,844–200,986,918, 75 basesExon 25: 200,986,996–200,987,201, 206 basesExon 24: 200,988,296–200,988,353, 58 basesExon 23: 200,988,493–200,988,544, 52 basesExon 22: 200,988,766–200,988,931, 166 basesExon 21: 200,989,942–200,990,043, 102 basesExon 20: 200,990,138–200,990,332, 195 basesExon 19: 200,990,576–200,990,723, 148 basesExon 18: 200,990,917–200,991,149, 233 basesExon 17: 200,991,657–200,991,725, 69 basesExon 16: 200,992,282–200,992,389, 108 basesExon 15: 200,996,196–200,996,395, 200 basesExon 14: 200,998,384–200,998,575, 192 basesExon 13: 200,999,349–200,999,466, 118 basesExon 12: 200,999,883–200,999,964, 82 basesExon 11: 201,000,390–201,000,608, 219 basesExon 10: 201,000,717–201,000,780, 64 basesExon 9: 201,002,161–201,002,350, 190 basesExon 8: 201,003,586–201,003,781, 196 basesExon 7: 201,004,340–201,004,455, 116 basesExon 6: 201,004,766–201,004,933, 168 basesExon 5: 201,005,308–201,005,442, 135 basesExon 4: 201,005,545–201,005,694, 150 basesExon 3: 201,008,769–201,008,951, 183 basesExon 2: 201,009,266–201,009,488, 223 basesExon 1: 201,023,343–201,023,714, 372 bases353025201510515′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 9.3 kb of the gene's 54.3 kb; 4,872 of those bases code for the protein.

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). KIF21B gene: kinesin family member 21B. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/kif21b

Vancouver

Dante Labs. KIF21B gene: kinesin family member 21B [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/kif21b

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