CEP170

Centrosomal protein 170kDa
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
SymbolsCEP170 ; FAM68A; KAB; KIAA0470
External IDsOMIM: 613023 MGI: 1918348 HomoloGene: 22844 GeneCards: CEP170 Gene
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez9859545389
EnsemblENSG00000143702ENSMUSG00000057335
UniProtQ5SW79Q6A065
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001042404NM_001024722
RefSeq (protein)NP_001035863NP_001093107
Location (UCSC)Chr 1:
243.29 – 243.42 Mb
Chr 1:
176.73 – 176.81 Mb
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Centrosomal protein 170kDa, also known as CEP170, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CEP170 gene.[1][2]

Function

The product of this gene is a component of the centrosome, a non-membraneous organelle that functions as the major microtubule-organizing center in animal cells. During interphase, the encoded protein localizes to the sub-distal appendages of mature centrioles, which are microtubule-based structures thought to help organize centrosomes. During mitosis, the protein associates with spindle microtubules near the centrosomes. The protein interacts with the intraflagellar transport protein 81 (IFT81), the SH3-domain containing protein PRAX-1, and is phosphorylated by cyclin dependent kinase 1 ( Cdk1 ) and polo-like kinase 1 ( PLK1 ), and functions in maintaining Microtubule organization, cell morphology and cilium stability.[1]

The human genome contains a putative transcribed pseudogene. Several alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene have been found, but the full-length nature of some of these variants has not been determined.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Entrez Gene: CEP170 centrosomal protein 170kDa".
  2. Guarguaglini G, Duncan PI, Stierhof YD, Holmström T, Duensing S, Nigg EA (March 2005). "The forkhead-associated domain protein Cep170 interacts with Polo-like kinase 1 and serves as a marker for mature centrioles". Molecular Biology of the Cell 16 (3): 1095–107. doi:10.1091/mbc.E04-10-0939. PMC 551476. PMID 15616186.

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