UniProt functional annotation for P18105

UniProt code: P18105.

Organism: Drosophila melanogaster (Fruit fly).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Arthropoda; Hexapoda; Insecta; Pterygota; Neoptera; Endopterygota; Diptera; Brachycera; Muscomorpha; Ephydroidea; Drosophilidae; Drosophila; Sophophora.
 
Function: Required for the distributive chromosome segregation of non- exchange chromosomes during meiosis. May be a microtubule motor required to hold distributively 'paired' chromosomes at the metaphase plate until anaphase.
 
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton {ECO:0000305}.
Tissue specificity: In adult female, found in meiotically active ovaries.
Developmental stage: Embryonic, larval, and pupal stages. Only expressed in female adults.
Miscellaneous: The nod(DTW) mutation is a cold-sensitive recessive lethal mutation.
Similarity: Belongs to the TRAFAC class myosin-kinesin ATPase superfamily. Kinesin family. {ECO:0000255|PROSITE-ProRule:PRU00283}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.