Enables kinesin binding activity. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including Ran protein signal transduction; microtubule cytoskeleton organization; and mitotic nuclear division. Predicted to act upstream of or within ribosomal protein import into nucleus. Part of nuclear pore. Orthologous to human KPNB1 (karyopherin subunit beta 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]