STARD9
Function
Microtubule-dependent motor protein required for spindle pole assembly during mitosis. Required to stabilize the pericentriolar material (PCM).
Sequence Similarities
Belongs to the TRAFAC class myosin-kinesin ATPase superfamily. Kinesin family.
Tissue Specificity
Expressed in the central nervous system, muscle cells (heart and skeletal muscle), pancreas, prostate and lung.
Cellular localization
- Cytoplasm
- Cytoskeleton
- Microtubule organizing center
- Centrosome
- Centriole
- Nucleus
- Localizes throughout the cytoplasm and nucleus during interphase. Localizes to the daughter centriole during mitosis. Disappears in cytokinesis.
Alternative names
KIAA1300, STARD9, StAR-related lipid transfer protein 9, START domain-containing protein 9, StARD9