Protein Name karyopherin alpha
Organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288C
Gene ID 855532
Gene Symbol

SRP1

UniProt Q02821 (IMA1_YEAST)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 16
Total Number of Articles : 20
Description

karyopherin alpha

Gene Summary

Enables nuclear import signal receptor activity. Involved in NLS-bearing protein import into nucleus; proteasome localization; and protein targeting to membrane. Located in cytoplasm and nucleus. Part of NLS-dependent protein nuclear import complex. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in hereditary spastic paraplegia 88. Orthologous to several human genes including KPNA5 (karyopherin subunit alpha 5). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

synonyms
  • karyopherin alpha
  • YNL189W
  • KAP60
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