Component of the CENPA-NAC (nucleosome-associated) complex, a complex that plays a central role in assembly of kinetochore proteins, mitotic progression and chromosome segregation. The CENPA-NAC complex recruits the CENPA-CAD (nucleosome distal) complex and may be involved in incorporation of newly synthesized CENPA into centromeres. Required for chromosome congression and efficiently align the chromosomes on a metaphase plate.
"Transcription within a functional human centromere."
Saffery R., Sumer H., Hassan S., Wong L.H., Craig J.M., Todokoro K., Anderson M., Stafford A., Choo K.H.A.
Mol. Cell 12:509-516(2003)
Research Topic:Epigenetics and Nuclear Signaling