Nature Communications (May 2020)

Mutations in the KIF21B kinesin gene cause neurodevelopmental disorders through imbalanced canonical motor activity

  • Laure Asselin,
  • José Rivera Alvarez,
  • Solveig Heide,
  • Camille S. Bonnet,
  • Peggy Tilly,
  • Hélène Vitet,
  • Chantal Weber,
  • Carlos A. Bacino,
  • Kristin Baranaño,
  • Anna Chassevent,
  • Amy Dameron,
  • Laurence Faivre,
  • Neil A. Hanchard,
  • Sonal Mahida,
  • Kirsty McWalter,
  • Cyril Mignot,
  • Caroline Nava,
  • Agnès Rastetter,
  • Haley Streff,
  • Christel Thauvin-Robinet,
  • Marjan M. Weiss,
  • Gladys Zapata,
  • Petra J. G. Zwijnenburg,
  • Frédéric Saudou,
  • Christel Depienne,
  • Christelle Golzio,
  • Delphine Héron,
  • Juliette D. Godin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16294-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Kinesins regulate intracellular transport and microtubule dynamics. Here, the authors show that KIF21B variants in humans associate with corpus callosum agenesis and microcephaly. Using mice and zebrafish, they showed the cellular mechanisms altered by the missense KIF21B variants.