Gene Information
Gene NameCENPU
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length418
Protein NamesCentromere protein U (CENP-U) (Centromere protein of 50 kDa) (CENP-50) (Interphase centromere complex protein 24) (KSHV latent nuclear antigen-interacting protein 1) (MLF1-interacting protein) (Polo-box-interacting protein 1)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age168 ( ENSG00000151725 )
Evolutionary StageVertebrata
AlphaFoldDBQ71F23
Gene CardCENPU
Uniprot IDQ71F23
PfamPF13097
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.0694606)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ CENPU ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ CENPU ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ CENPU ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ CENPU ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Cenpu ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ CENPU ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Cenpu ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ CENPU ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsNA
Tissuetestis
Tissue SpecificityExpressed at high levels in the testis, fetal liver, thymus, bone marrow and at lower levels in the lymph nodes, placenta, colon and spleen. Present in all cell lines examined, including B-cells, T-cells, epithelial cells and fibroblast cells. Expressed at high levels in glioblastoma cell lines. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12941884, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15116101, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15893739}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNULL(Chimpanzee);NULL(Mouse);0.053256(Rat);NULL(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 7PB8  (X-ray  3.68A  7PKN  (EM  3.20A  7QOO  (EM  4.60A  7R5S  (EM  2.83A  7R5V  (EM  4.55A  7YWX  (EM  12.00A  7YYH  (EM  8.90A 
DBSNP rs902174  rs902174  rs6552804  rs4616798  rs34007339 
Subcellular location [CC]Cytoplasm. Nucleus. Chromosome, centromere, kinetochore. Note=Localizes in the kinetochore domain of centromeres. Colocalizes with PLK1 at the interzone between the inner and the outer kinetochore plates.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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