MYCGR3G99262 — Zymoseptoria tritici

Summary

MYCGR3G99262 (symbol kin) on chromosome 2 of Zymoseptoria tritici encodes a protein with microtubule motor activity, ATP binding and hydrolysis, and microtubule binding. The gene is associated with multiple mitotic and meiotic processes including spindle assembly, elongation, and midzone assembly, chromosome movement to the spindle pole, kinetochore retrieval, and plus-end-directed chromosome gliding. It is linked to microtubule-based movement, cytoskeleton-dependent intracellular transport, retrograde Golgi vesicle recycling, and 2-micrometer plasmid partitioning. The product localises to kinesin complexes, mitotic and meiotic spindle structures, and cortical and polar microtubules. Studies of related kinesin family members in other fungi connect the family to spindle pole body separation and spindle assembly.