This box:view· protein that in humans is encoded by the DCTN5 gene.[1]
This gene encodes a subunit of dynactin, a component of the cytoplasmic dynein motor machinery involved in minus-end-directed transport. The encoded protein is a component of the pointed-end subcomplex and is thought to bind membranous cargo. A pseudogene of this gene is located on the long arm of chromosome 1. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding multiple isoforms have been observed for this gene.[1]
Dynactin — or Dynein activator complex is a multi subunit protein found in eukaryotic cells that aids in bidirectional intracellular transport by binding to dynein and Kinesin II and linking them to the organelle or vesicle to be transported.[1][2] Contents … Wikipedia
