The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Karyopherin alpha 2 (RAG Cohort 1, Importin alpha 1) across different species:

karyopherin alpha 1 (importin alpha 5) (KPNA1), karyopherin alpha 2 (RAG cohort 1, importin alpha 1) (KPNA2), karyopherin alpha 7 (importin alpha 8) (Kpna7), importin subunit alpha-2 (EDI_246290), importin subunit alpha-2 (EDI_335040), Importin subunit alpha-2 (ima2)

Other aliases include:

RCH2, SRP1, IPOA5, NPI-1, QIP2, RCH1, IPOA1, SRP1alpha, Gm1055, AW146299, KPNA1, DKFZp459M124, ima2

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Karyopherin alpha 2 (RAG Cohort 1, Importin alpha 1):

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 – Kpna2-like – OTTMUSP00000026409 – nuclear transport receptor – importin subunit alpha-2 – karyopherin alpha 1 (importin alpha 5) – Importin subunit alpha-1 – Importin subunit alpha-2

Karyopherin alpha 2 (RAG Cohort 1, Importin alpha 1) fulfills a number of functions:

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

Karyopherin alpha 2 (RAG Cohort 1, Importin alpha 1) 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

Locations for Karyopherin alpha 2 (RAG Cohort 1, Importin alpha 1):

cytoplasm – cytosol – nuclear pore – nucleoplasm – nucleus

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology