The centromere, essential for faithful chromosome segregation during mitosis, has a network of constitutive centromere-associated (CCAN) proteins associating with it during mitosis. So far in vertebrates at least 15 centromere proteins have been iden ...
The centromere, essential for faithful chromosome segregation during mitosis, has a network of constitutive centromere-associated (CCAN) proteins associating with it during mitosis. So far in vertebrates at least 15 centromere proteins have been identified, which are divided into several subclasses based on functional and biochemical analyses. These provide a platform for the formation of a functional kinetochore during mitosis. CENP-S is one that does not associate with the CENP-H-containing complex but rather interacts with CENP-X to form a stable assembly of outer kinetochore proteins that functions downstream of other components of the CCAN. This complex may directly allow efficient and stable formation of the outer kinetochore on the CCAN platform.
CENP-W is a family of vertebral kinetochore proteins that associates directly with CENP-T. CENP-W members are histone-fold proteins. The histone fold region is critical for binding to centromeric DNA. Importantly, the CENP-T-W complex does not direct ...
CENP-W is a family of vertebral kinetochore proteins that associates directly with CENP-T. CENP-W members are histone-fold proteins. The histone fold region is critical for binding to centromeric DNA. Importantly, the CENP-T-W complex does not directly associate with CENP-A, but with histone H3 in the centromere region. CENP-T and -W form a hetero-tetramer with CENP-S and -X and bind to a ~100 bp region of nucleosome-free DNA forming a nucleosome-like structure. The DNA-CENP-T-W-S-X complex is likely to be associated with histone H3-containing nucleosomes rather than with CENP-nucleosomes.
CENP-T is a family of vertebral kinetochore proteins that associates directly with CENP-W. The N-terminus of CENP-T proteins interacts directly with the Ndc80 complex in the outer kinetochore. Importantly, the CENP-T-W complex does not directly asso ...
CENP-T is a family of vertebral kinetochore proteins that associates directly with CENP-W. The N-terminus of CENP-T proteins interacts directly with the Ndc80 complex in the outer kinetochore. Importantly, the CENP-T-W complex does not directly associate with CENP-A, but with histone H3 in the centromere region. CENP-T and -W form a hetero-tetramer with CENP-S and -X and bind to a ~100 bp region of nucleosome-free DNA forming a nucleosome-like structure. The DNA-CENP-T-W-S-X complex is likely to be associated with histone H3-containing nucleosomes rather than with CENP-nucleosomes. This domain is the C-terminal histone fold domain of CENP-T, which associates with chromatin [2-3].