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NUF2

Introduction

Kinetochore protein Nuf2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NUF2 gene.[1][2][3]

This gene encodes a protein that is highly similar to yeast Nuf2, a component of a conserved protein complex associated with the centromere. Yeast Nuf2 disappears from the centromere during meiotic prophase when centromeres lose their connection to the spindle pole body, and plays a regulatory role in chromosome segregation. The encoded protein is found to be associated with centromeres of mitotic HeLa cells, which suggests that this protein is a functional homolog of yeast Nuf2. Alternatively spliced transcript variants that encode the same protein have been described.[3]

References

References

  1. ↑ Wigge PA, Kilmartin JV (Mar 2001). “The Ndc80p complex from Saccharomyces cerevisiae contains conserved centromere components and has a function in chromosome segregation”. J Cell Biol. 152 (2): 349–60. doi:10.1083/jcb.152.2.349. PMC 2199619. PMID 11266451.
  2. ↑ Nabetani A, Koujin T, Tsutsumi C, Haraguchi T, Hiraoka Y (Oct 2001). “A conserved protein, Nuf2, is implicated in connecting the centromere to the spindle during chromosome segregation: a link between the kinetochore function and the spindle checkpoint”. Chromosoma. 110 (5): 322–34. doi:10.1007/s004120100153. PMID 11685532.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 “Entrez Gene: NUF2 NUF2, NDC80 kinetochore complex component, homolog (S. cerevisiae)”.
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