CENPH Antibody – Mouse Monoclonal

Centromere and kinetochore proteins play a critical role in centromere structure, kinetochore formation, and sister chromatid separation. The protein encoded by this gene colocalizes with inner kinetochore plate proteins CENP-A and CENP-C in both interphase and metaphase. It localizes outside of centromeric heterochromatin, where CENP-B is localized, and inside the kinetochore corona, where CENP-E is localized during prometaphase. It is thought that this protein can bind to itself, as well as to CENP-A, CENP-B or CENP-C. Multimers of the protein localize constitutively to the inner kinetochore plate and play an important role in the organization and function of the active centromere-kinetochore complex. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

CENPH: Component of the CENPA-NAC (nucleosome-associated) complex, a complex that plays a central role in assembly of kinetochore proteins, mitotic progression and chromosome segregation. The CENPA-NAC complex recruits the CENPA-CAD (nucleosome distal) complex and may be involved in incorporation of newly synthesized CENPA into centromeres. Required for chromosome congression and efficiently align the chromosomes on a metaphase plate. Belongs to the centromere protein H family.

Protein type: Cell cycle regulation

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 5p15.2

Cellular Component: kinetochore; nucleoplasm; cytosol; nucleus

Molecular Function: kinetochore binding; protein binding

Biological Process: nucleosome assembly; kinetochore assembly; DNA replication-independent nucleosome assembly at centromere; mitotic cell cycle; kinetochore organization and biogenesis