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Biological Factors > Antigens > Autoantigens > Centromere Protein A
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > DNA-Binding Proteins > Centromere Protein A
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Carrier Proteins > Poly-ADP-Ribose Binding Proteins > Centromere Protein A
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Nuclear Proteins > Poly-ADP-Ribose Binding Proteins > Centromere Protein A
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Nuclear Proteins > Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone > Centromere Protein A
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Nucleoproteins > Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone > Centromere Protein A

Preferred term

Centromere Protein A  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Autoantigens 17K, Centromere
  • CENP A Protein
  • CENP-A Protein
  • CENPA Protein
  • Centromere Autoantigens 17K
  • Centromere Protein 17K

Scope note

  • A 17 kDa, centromeric, poly(ADP)-ribose binding protein that is structurally similar to HISTONE H3 and localizes to NUCLEOSOMES within the CENTROMERE; specifically within the region that binds KINETOCHORES, where it replaces histone H3. It plays a critical role in recruiting kinetochore proteins and progression through MITOSIS, chromosome segregation, and CYTOKINESIS. It also binds sera from patients with some scleroderma-like AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES.

History note

  • 2018 (1987)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000076247

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