Bovine Centromere protein U (MLF1IP) ELISA Kit | CENPU elisa kit
Bovine Centromere protein U (MLF1IP) ELISA Kit
NCBI and Uniprot Product Information
NCBI Description
The centromere is a specialized chromatin domain, present throughout the cell cycle, that acts as a platform on which the transient assembly of the kinetochore occurs during mitosis. All active centromeres are characterized by the presence of long arrays of nucleosomes in which CENPA (MIM 117139) replaces histone H3 (see MIM 601128). MLF1IP, or CENPU, is an additional factor required for centromere assembly (Foltz et al., 2006 [PubMed 16622419]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]
Uniprot Description
CENPU: 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. Plays an important role in the correct PLK1 localization to the mitotic kinetochores. A scaffold protein responsible for the initial recruitment and maintenance of the kinetochore PLK1 population until its degradation. Involved in transcriptional repression. 2 isoforms of the human protein are produced by alternative splicing.
Protein type: Cell cycle regulation
Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 4q35.1
Cellular Component: nucleoplasm; microtubule organizing center; cytosol; nucleus
Biological Process: nucleosome assembly; DNA replication-independent nucleosome assembly at centromere; chordate embryonic development; viral reproduction; regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent; transcription, DNA-dependent; mitotic cell cycle