Kif15-IN-2, a potent Kif15 kinesin inhibitor; inhibits cellular proliferation in various tumor cell lines [1].
Kif15,also known as Kinesin-12 and HKLP2, is a motor protein expressed in all cells during mitosis and in postmitotic neurons undergoing axon growth [2]. Kif15 is a kinesin-related protein whose mitotic homologues are believed to crosslink and immobilize spindle microtubules.KIF15 is involved in maintainingbipolar microtubulespindle apparatusin dividing cells and shares redundant functions withKIF11 [3].
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