CEP152

Centrosomal protein 152kDa
Identifiers
SymbolsCEP152 ; MCPH4; MCPH9; SCKL5
External IDsOMIM: 613529 MGI: 2139083 HomoloGene: 37159 GeneCards: CEP152 Gene
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez2299599100
EnsemblENSG00000103995ENSMUSG00000068394
UniProtO94986A2AUM9
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001194998NM_001081091
RefSeq (protein)NP_001181927NP_001074560
Location (UCSC)Chr 15:
49.01 – 49.1 Mb
Chr 2:
125.56 – 125.63 Mb
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Centrosomal protein of 152 kDa, also known as Cep152, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CEP152 gene.[1] It is the ortholog of the Drosophila melanogaster gene asterless (asl) and both are required for centriole duplication.[2]

References

  1. "Entrez Gene: centrosomal protein 152kDa".
  2. Blachon S, Gopalakrishnan J, Omori Y, Polyanovsky A, Church A, Nicastro D, Malicki J, Avidor-Reiss T (December 2008). "Drosophila asterless and vertebrate Cep152 Are orthologs essential for centriole duplication". Genetics 180 (4): 2081–94. doi:10.1534/genetics.108.095141. PMC 2600943. PMID 18854586.

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