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KPNA6 karyopherin subunit alpha 6 [ Homo sapiens (human) ]

Gene ID: 23633, updated on 2-Nov-2024

Summary

Official Symbol
KPNA6provided by HGNC
Official Full Name
karyopherin subunit alpha 6provided by HGNC
Primary source
HGNC:HGNC:6399
See related
Ensembl:ENSG00000025800 MIM:610563; AllianceGenome:HGNC:6399
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
REVIEWED
Organism
Homo sapiens
Lineage
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo
Also known as
IPOA7
Summary
Nucleocytoplasmic transport, a signal- and energy-dependent process, takes place through nuclear pore complexes embedded in the nuclear envelope. The import of proteins containing a nuclear localization signal (NLS) requires the NLS import receptor, a heterodimer of importin alpha and beta subunits also known as karyopherins. Importin alpha binds the NLS-containing cargo in the cytoplasm and importin beta docks the complex at the cytoplasmic side of the nuclear pore complex. In the presence of nucleoside triphosphates and the small GTP binding protein Ran, the complex moves into the nuclear pore complex and the importin subunits dissociate. Importin alpha enters the nucleoplasm with its passenger protein and importin beta remains at the pore. The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the importin alpha family. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Expression
Ubiquitous expression in testis (RPKM 11.5), brain (RPKM 9.1) and 25 other tissues See more
Orthologs
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Genomic context

See KPNA6 in Genome Data Viewer
Location:
1p35.2
Exon count:
18
Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
RS_2024_08 current GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40) 1 NC_000001.11 (32108056..32176563)
RS_2024_08 current T2T-CHM13v2.0 (GCF_009914755.1) 1 NC_060925.1 (31965999..32034460)
RS_2024_09 previous assembly GRCh37.p13 (GCF_000001405.25) 1 NC_000001.10 (32573657..32642164)

Chromosome 1 - NC_000001.11Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr1:32479704-32480274 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 583 Neighboring gene KH RNA binding domain containing, signal transduction associated 1 Neighboring gene VISTA enhancer hs645 Neighboring gene NANOG hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr1:32526442-32527054 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 15509 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 7843 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr1:32532900-32533694 Neighboring gene NANOG-H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr1:32537939-32538544 Neighboring gene transmembrane protein 39B Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr1:32557367-32557892 Neighboring gene microRNA 5585 Neighboring gene H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr1:32573351-32573869 Neighboring gene H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr1:32573870-32574387 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 5670 Neighboring gene H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr1:32644454-32645213 Neighboring gene H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr1:32645214-32645972 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 670 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 671 Neighboring gene taxilin alpha Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr1:32664855-32665413 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr1:32665414-32665971 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 672 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancers GRCh37_chr1:32666522-32667041 and GRCh37_chr1:32667042-32667562 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr1:32670259-32670760 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 675 Neighboring gene coiled-coil domain containing 28B Neighboring gene IQ motif containing C

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

Expression

  • Project title: HPA RNA-seq normal tissues HPA RNA-seq normal tissues
  • Description: RNA-seq was performed of tissue samples from 95 human individuals representing 27 different tissues in order to determine tissue-specificity of all protein-coding genes
  • BioProject: PRJEB4337
  • Publication: PMID 24309898
  • Analysis date: Wed Apr 4 07:08:55 2018

Bibliography

GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?

HIV-1 interactions

Protein interactions

Protein Gene Interaction Pubs
Rev rev HIV-1 Rev interacting protein, karyopherin alpha 6 (importin alpha 7) (KPNA6), is identified by the in-vitro binding experiments involving cytosolic or nuclear extracts from HeLa cells PubMed
integrase gag-pol Some reports indicate a possible role for the interactions between karyopherin alpha and beta with HIV-1 integrase in the nuclear import of HIV-1 preintegration complexes (PIC), while other reports indicate integrase is not involved in PIC nuclear import PubMed
gag-pol Karyopherin alpha and beta are reported to interact with HIV-1 integrase (IN) to facilitate nuclear import of IN, however a conflicting report indicates nuclear accumulation of IN does not involve karyopherin alpha, beta 1, or beta 2 mediated pathways PubMed
gag-pol Karyopherin alpha binds to a bipartite nuclear localization signal in HIV-1 integrase (amino acids 186-189 and 211-219) PubMed
matrix gag Nuclear import of HIV-1 preintegration complexes by karyopherin alpha is governed by phosphorylation of HIV-1 Matrix on tyrosine and serine, however the exact role of phosphorylation of the C-terminal tyrosine of Matrix has been debated PubMed
gag HIV-1 Matrix increases intracellular ATP content, an effect hypothesized to support the ATP-dependent nuclear import of HIV-1 preintegration complexes by karyopherin alpha PubMed
gag HIV-1 Vpr increases the affinity of karyopherin alpha to the HIV-1 Matrix nuclear localization signal, thereby mediating the nuclear import of HIV-1 preintegration complexes PubMed
gag Hsp70 stimulates the binding of HIV-1 matrix to karyopherin alpha PubMed
gag The role of HIV-1 Matrix during nuclear import of the HIV-1 preintegration complex has been controversial, however recent understanding indicates HIV-1 Matrix and Vpr proteins act in concert to facilitate nuclear import by binding to karyopherin alpha PubMed
gag HIV-1 Matrix contains two nuclear localization signals (NLS) spanning amino acids 24-33 and 110-114 that are recognized by karyopherin alpha and mediate the nuclear import of HIV-1 preintegration complexes PubMed

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Interactions

Products Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs Description

General gene information

Markers

Clone Names

  • FLJ11249, MGC17918

Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables nuclear import signal receptor activity IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
enables nuclear localization sequence binding IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
enables protein binding IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
more info
PubMed 
Component Evidence Code Pubs
part_of NLS-dependent protein nuclear import complex IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
more info
PubMed 
located_in cytosol NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
PubMed 
located_in cytosol TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
 
located_in host cell IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
located_in membrane HDA PubMed 
is_active_in nucleoplasm IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
located_in nucleoplasm NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
PubMed 
located_in nucleoplasm TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
 
is_active_in nucleus IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 

General protein information

Preferred Names
importin subunit alpha-7
Names
importin alpha 7 subunit
importin-alpha-S2
karyopherin alpha 6 (importin alpha 7)

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

These reference sequences exist independently of genome builds. Explain

These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.

mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NM_012316.5NP_036448.1  importin subunit alpha-7

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_036448.1

    Status: REVIEWED

    Source sequence(s)
    AL049795, BC020520, BP374991
    Consensus CDS
    CCDS352.1
    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    B2RDC7, D3DPP5, O60684, Q5VVU3
    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    B4DII5
    Related
    ENSP00000362728.3, ENST00000373625.8
    Conserved Domains (2) summary
    COG5064
    Location:36525
    SRP1; Karyopherin (importin) alpha [Intracellular trafficking and secretion]
    sd00043
    Location:254279
    ARM; armadillo repeat [structural motif]

RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_000001405.40-RS_2024_08

The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_000001.11 Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

    Range
    32108056..32176563
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    GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics)

mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. XM_024446165.2XP_024301933.1  importin subunit alpha-7 isoform X2

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    B4DII5
    Conserved Domains (2) summary
    COG5064
    Location:33522
    SRP1; Karyopherin (importin) alpha [Intracellular trafficking and secretion]
    sd00043
    Location:251276
    ARM; armadillo repeat [structural motif]
  2. XM_024446166.2XP_024301934.1  importin subunit alpha-7 isoform X2

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    B4DII5
    Conserved Domains (2) summary
    COG5064
    Location:33522
    SRP1; Karyopherin (importin) alpha [Intracellular trafficking and secretion]
    sd00043
    Location:251276
    ARM; armadillo repeat [structural motif]
  3. XM_047416671.1XP_047272627.1  importin subunit alpha-7 isoform X2

  4. XM_005270711.4XP_005270768.1  importin subunit alpha-7 isoform X1

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for XP_005270768.1

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    B4DWX3
    Conserved Domains (2) summary
    COG5064
    Location:66555
    SRP1; Karyopherin (importin) alpha [Intracellular trafficking and secretion]
    sd00043
    Location:284309
    ARM; armadillo repeat [structural motif]

Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

Genomic

  1. NC_060925.1 Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

    Range
    31965999..32034460
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. XM_054335737.1XP_054191712.1  importin subunit alpha-7 isoform X2

  2. XM_054335739.1XP_054191714.1  importin subunit alpha-7 isoform X2

  3. XM_054335738.1XP_054191713.1  importin subunit alpha-7 isoform X2

  4. XM_054335736.1XP_054191711.1  importin subunit alpha-7 isoform X1