klp-16 encodes a C-terminal motor kinesin orthologous to the Drosophila melanogaster Ncd and Saccharomyces cerevisiae Kar3; however KLP-16 along with KLP-3, KLP-15 and KLP-17 form an unique subgroup based on amino acid sequence and secondary structure analysis; klp-16 is involved in development of the nervous system in embryos and in chromosome segregation; in situ RNA hybridization experiments indicate that klp-16 is localized in the anterior nervous system in the head region of late embryos.
Predicted to enable ATP hydrolysis activity; microtubule binding activity; and microtubule motor activity. Involved in chromosome segregation. Located in neuronal cell body. Expressed in several structures, including ABa; EMS; Psub2; germ line; and head.
Sequence connection from [Siddiqui SS], [krb 020711]
Map position created from combination of previous interpolated map position (based on known location of sequence) and allele information. Therefore this is not a genetic map position based on recombination frequencies or genetic experiments. This was done on advice of the CGC.