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Gene

KLC1

kinesin light chain 1

Summary

Cytogenetic location
14q32.33
Coordinates
Chromosome 14: 103,629,211–103,701,544 (GRCh38)
Exons
17 exons across 72.3 kb
Protein
639 amino acids
Also known as
KNS2A, KLC, hKLC1S, hKLC1N, hKLC1P, hKLC1G, hKLC1R, hKLC1J, hKLC1B
Previous symbols
KNS2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000334553.11NM_001394837.1
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads KLC1 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How KLC1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 14, with a bracket where KLC1 sits. KLC1 and 16 genes near it on chromosome 14, from 103,165,378 to 104,165,377.Chromosome 1414q32.33p13p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.11q32.12q32.13q32.2q32.31q32.32q32.33103.2 Mb103.4 Mb103.6 Mb103.8 Mb104 MbEIF5: 103,333,544–103,345,025, forward strandEIF5: 103,334,237–103,335,932, forward strandMARK3: 103,385,361–103,503,835, forward strandMARK3CKB: 103,519,660–103,523,167, reverse strandCKBTRMT61A: 103,521,582–103,537,073, forward strandTRMT61ABAG5: 103,556,545–103,576,759, reverse strandBAG5COA8: 103,562,355–103,613,948, forward strandCOA8: 103,562,962–103,685,924, forward strandKLC1: 103,629,211–103,701,544, forward strandKLC1XRCC3: 103,697,569–103,715,504, reverse strandXRCC3ZFYVE21: 103,715,725–103,733,669, forward strandZFYVE21PPP1R13B: 103,733,177–103,847,616, reverse strandPPP1R13BATP5MJ: 103,912,277–103,929,158, reverse strandATP5MJTDRD9: 103,928,424–104,052,682, forward strandTDRD9RD3L: 103,940,426–103,942,561, reverse strandRD3LASPG: 104,085,537–104,115,582, forward strandASPGKIF26A: 104,136,454–104,180,895, forward strandKIF26ADiagram of KLC1: 17 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 14Exon 1: 103,629,211–103,629,494, 284 basesExon 2: 103,654,564–103,654,825, 262 basesExon 3: 103,657,546–103,657,776, 231 basesExon 4: 103,662,116–103,662,194, 79 basesExon 5: 103,662,702–103,662,927, 226 basesExon 6: 103,669,511–103,669,598, 88 basesExon 7: 103,670,182–103,670,283, 102 basesExon 8: 103,673,014–103,673,187, 174 basesExon 9: 103,673,332–103,673,431, 100 basesExon 10: 103,675,552–103,675,601, 50 basesExon 11: 103,675,689–103,675,756, 68 basesExon 12: 103,677,415–103,677,523, 109 basesExon 13: 103,679,384–103,679,545, 162 basesExon 14: 103,687,081–103,687,211, 131 basesExon 15: 103,692,359–103,692,425, 67 basesExon 16: 103,700,655–103,700,727, 73 basesExon 17: 103,701,201–103,701,544, 344 bases151015175′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 2.6 kb of the gene's 72.3 kb; 1,920 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.). KLC1 gene: kinesin light chain 1. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/klc1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. KLC1 gene: kinesin light chain 1 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/klc1

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