Receptor for kinesin thus involved in kinesin-driven vesicle motility. Accumulates in integrin-based adhesion complexes (IAC) upon integrin aggregation by fibronectin (By similarity). Vesicle membrane protein anchored to the endoplasmic reticulum (By similarity). Some isoforms containing the inserts at residues 1007-1035 and 1154-1177 are detected in neurite processes. Expressed in all tissues examined including 12-day embryo, adult heart, brain, ovary, kidney, lung, small intestine, spleen, thymus and pancreas. Isoform 6, isoform 7 and isoform 8 are detected in embryonic hippocampus but not in later developmental stages. Isoform 14, isoform 15 and isoform 16 are adult-specific. Belongs to the kinectin family.