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Homo sapiens Protein: CENPW
Summary
InnateDB Protein IDBP-96164.6
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol CENPW
Protein Name centromere protein W
Synonyms
Species Homo sapiens
Ensembl Protein ENSP00000357308
InnateDB Gene IDBG-96160 (CENPW)
Protein Structure
UniProt Annotation
Function 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 (By similarity). The CENPA-NAC complex recruits the CENPA-CAD (nucleosome distal) complex and may be involved in incorporation of newly synthesized CENPA into centromeres (By similarity). Part of a nucleosome-associated complex that binds specifically to histone H3-containing nucleosomes at the centromere, as opposed to nucleosomes containing CENPA. Component of the heterotetrameric CENP-T-W-S-X complex that binds and supercoils DNA, and plays an important role in kinetochore assembly. CENPW has a fundamental role in kinetochore assembly and function. It is one of the inner kinetochore proteins, with most further proteins binding downstream. Required for normal chromosome organization and normal progress through mitosis. {ECO:0000250, ECO:0000269PubMed:19070575, ECO:0000269PubMed:19533040, ECO:0000269PubMed:21695110, ECO:0000269PubMed:22002061, ECO:0000269PubMed:22304917}.
Subcellular Localization Nucleus. Chromosome, centromere. Chromosome, centromere, kinetochore. Nucleus matrix. Nucleus, nucleolus. Note=Constitutively localizes to centromeres throughout the cell cycle, and to the inner kinetochore during mitosis.
Disease Associations
Tissue Specificity Highly expressed in ovary, liver, lung and pancreas and to a lower extent in breast and gastrointestinal tract cancers; such as those of the colon, rectum and stomach. Overexpressed in high grade breast invasive tumors. Expressed in many cancer cell types. {ECO:0000269PubMed:17079448, ECO:0000269PubMed:17610844}.
Comments
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 5 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
Experimentally validated
Total 5 [view]
Protein-Protein 4 [view]
Protein-DNA 1 [view]
Protein-RNA 0
DNA-DNA 0
RNA-RNA 0
DNA-RNA 0
Protein Structure and Domains
PDB ID
InterPro
PFAM
PRINTS
PIRSF
SMART
TIGRFAMs
Post-translational Modifications
Modification
Cross-References
SwissProt
PhosphoSite PhosphoSite-Q5EE01
TrEMBL
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene 387103
UniGene
RefSeq NP_001273453
HUGO HGNC:21488
OMIM 611264
CCDS CCDS69196
HPRD 16660
IMGT
EMBL
GenPept

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Breuer et al., InnateDB: systems biology of innate immunity and beyond - recent updates and continuing curation. Nucl. Acids Res. (2013) 41 (D1) 

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