Gene Information
Gene NameCENPA
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length140
Protein NamesHistone H3-like centromeric protein A (Centromere autoantigen A) (Centromere protein A) (CENP-A)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age>4290 ( ENSG00000115163 )
Evolutionary StageVertebrata
AlphaFoldDBP49450
Gene CardCENPA
Uniprot IDP49450
PfamPF00125
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.445114062)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ CENPA ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ CENPA ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ CENPA ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ CENPA ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Cenpa ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ CENPA ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Cenpa ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ CENPA ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsH3-7, H3C7, H3C13, H3C2, H3C8, H3C11, H3-4, H3C4, H3C15, H3C10, H3C14, H3C3, H3C1, H3C12, H3C6, H3-3A, H3-5, H3-3B, H3Y1, H3Y2
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityNA
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNULL(Chimpanzee);NULL(Mouse);0.001000(Rat);0.003125(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 3AN2  (X-ray  3.60A  3NQJ  (X-ray  2.10A  3NQU  (X-ray  2.50A  3R45  (X-ray  2.60A  3WTP  (X-ray  2.67A  5CVD  (X-ray  1.30A  5Z23  (X-ray  2.73A  6BUZ  (EM  3.92A  6C0W  (EM  4.00A  6E0C  (EM  2.63A  6E0P  (EM  2.60A  6KDQ  (X-ray  1.50A  6KDS  (X-ray  1.84A  6L49  (EM  18.90A  6MUO  (EM  3.60A  6MUP  (EM  3.50A  6O1D  (EM  3.40A  6SE0  (EM  3.80A  6SE6  (EM  3.50A  6SEE  (EM  4.20A  6SEF  (EM  3.70A  6SEG  (EM  3.10A  6TEM  (EM  3.90A  7D20  (EM  3.00A  7PII  (EM  2.68A  7R5R  (EM  2.44A  7U46  (EM  2.68A  7U47  (EM  7.50A  7U4D  (EM  8.10A  7YWX  (EM  12.00A  7YYH  (EM  8.90A 
DBSNP NA 
Subcellular location [CC]Nucleus {ECO:0000269|PubMed:14667408, ECO:0000269|PubMed:25556658, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9024683}. Chromosome, centromere {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11756469, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15282608, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15475964, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15702419, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17651496, ECO:0000269|PubMed:18072184, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19114591, ECO:0000269|PubMed:20739937, ECO:0000269|PubMed:21743476, ECO:0000269|PubMed:23818633, ECO:0000269|PubMed:25556658, ECO:0000269|PubMed:27499292, ECO:0000269|PubMed:7962047, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9024683}. Note=Localizes exclusively to sites of kinetochore assembly in centromeres. Occupies a compact domain at the inner kinetochore plate stretching across 2 thirds of the length of the constriction but encompassing only one third of the constriction width and height (PubMed:19114591). Phosphorylation at Ser-68 during early mitosis abolishes association with chromatin and centromeres and results in dispersed nuclear location (PubMed:25556658). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:19114591, ECO:0000269|PubMed:25556658}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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