The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Karyopherin alpha 1 (Importin alpha 5) across different species:

karyopherin alpha 1 (importin alpha 5) (KPNA1), karyopherin alpha 2 (RAG cohort 1, importin alpha 1) (KPNA2), karyopherin alpha 1 (Kpna1), importin alpha-1 subunit (EHI_124900)

Other aliases include:

RCH2, SRP1, IPOA5, NPI-1, QIP2, RCH1, IPOA1, SRP1alpha, KPNA1, DKFZp459M124

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Karyopherin alpha 1 (Importin alpha 5):

karyopherin alpha 1 – importin alpha 5 – importin-alpha-S1 – nucleoprotein interactor 1 – recombination activating gene cohort 2 – karyopherin alpha 2 – pendulin – RAG cohort 1 – importin alpha 1 – importin alpha 2 – importin-alpha-P1 – importin subunit alpha-1 – importin alpha-5 – karyopherin subunit alpha-1 – karyopherin/importin alpha-1 – karyopherin (importin) alpha 1 – importin alpha-1 subunit – karyopherin alpha 1 (importin alpha 5) – Importin subunit alpha-1

Karyopherin alpha 1 (Importin alpha 5) fulfills a number of functions:

nuclear localization sequence binding – protein binding – protein transporter activity – histone deacetylase binding

Karyopherin alpha 1 (Importin alpha 5) is relevant to the following processes:

NLS-bearing substrate import into nucleus – interspecies interaction between organisms – intracellular protein transport – regulation of DNA recombination – DNA metabolic process – G2 phase of mitotic cell cycle – M phase specific microtubule process – protein import into nucleus

Locations for Karyopherin alpha 1 (Importin alpha 5):

cytoplasm – cytosol – nuclear pore – nucleoplasm – nucleus

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology