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[[Centromeres]] are the chromosomal domains that specify the mitotic behavior of chromosomes. The CENPA gene encodes a centromere protein which contains a [[histone H3]] related histone fold domain that is required for targeting to the centromere. CENPA is proposed to be a component of a modified [[nucleosome]] or nucleosome-like structure in which it replaces 1 or both copies of conventional histone H3 in the (H3-H4)2 tetrameric core of the nucleosome particle. [[Alternative splicing]] results in multiple transcript variants encoding distinct [[isoform]]s.<ref name="gene uid 1058"/>
[[Centromeres]] are the chromosomal domains that specify the mitotic behavior of chromosomes. The CENPA gene encodes a centromere protein which contains a [[histone H3]] related histone fold domain that is required for targeting to the centromere. CENPA is proposed to be a component of a modified [[nucleosome]] or nucleosome-like structure in which it replaces 1 or both copies of conventional histone H3 in the (H3-H4)2 tetrameric core of the nucleosome particle. [[Alternative splicing]] results in multiple transcript variants encoding distinct [[isoform]]s.<ref name="gene uid 1058"/>


In higher eukaryotes, the recruitment of CENP-A nucleosomes to existing centromeres is an epigenetic process, independent of the underlying DNA sequence. In ''S.pombe'', de novo recruitment of the CENP-A to the centromere is believed to be controlled by "centromeric" [[heterochromatin]] surrounding the centromere, and by an [[RNAi]] mechanism. The RNAi is cut to form [[siRNA]]; this complexes with the protein Chp1, which then binds the centromeric heterochromatin. This helps recruit other proteins, ultimately resulting in a protein complex that forms [[cohesin]] between two [[sister chromatids]] at the centromeric heterochromatin. This cohesin is believed to be essential in replacing the centromere H3 with CENP-A. CENP-A is one of the [[epigenetic]] changes that is believed to distinguish centromeric DNA from other DNA.<ref name="pmid15537667">{{cite journal | vauthors = Chueh AC, Wong LH, Wong N, Choo KH | title = Variable and hierarchical size distribution of L1-retroelement-enriched CENP-A clusters within a functional human neocentromere | journal = Hum. Mol. Genet. | volume = 14 | issue = 1 | pages = 85–93 |date=January 2005  | pmid = 15537667 | doi = 10.1093/hmg/ddi008 }}</ref> Once the CENP-A has been added, the centromere becomes self-propagating, and the surrounding heterochromatin/RNAi mechanism is no longer necessary.<ref name="pmid18174443">{{cite journal | vauthors = Folco HD, Pidoux AL, Urano T, Allshire RC | title = Heterochromatin and RNAi are required to establish CENP-A chromatin at centromeres | journal = Science | volume = 319 | issue = 5859 | pages = 94–7 |date=January 2008  | pmid = 18174443 | pmc = 2586718 | doi = 10.1126/science.1150944 }}</ref>
In higher eukaryotes, the recruitment of CENP-A nucleosomes to existing centromeres is an epigenetic process, independent of the underlying DNA sequence. In ''S. pombe'', de novo recruitment of the CENP-A to the centromere is believed to be controlled by "centromeric" [[heterochromatin]] surrounding the centromere, and by an [[RNAi]] mechanism. The RNAi is cut to form [[siRNA]]; this complexes with the protein Chp1, which then binds the centromeric heterochromatin. This helps recruit other proteins, ultimately resulting in a protein complex that forms [[cohesin]] between two [[sister chromatids]] at the centromeric heterochromatin. This cohesin is believed to be essential in replacing the centromere H3 with CENP-A. CENP-A is one of the [[epigenetic]] changes that is believed to distinguish centromeric DNA from other DNA.<ref name="pmid15537667">{{cite journal | vauthors = Chueh AC, Wong LH, Wong N, Choo KH | title = Variable and hierarchical size distribution of L1-retroelement-enriched CENP-A clusters within a functional human neocentromere | journal = Hum. Mol. Genet. | volume = 14 | issue = 1 | pages = 85–93 |date=January 2005  | pmid = 15537667 | doi = 10.1093/hmg/ddi008 }}</ref> Once the CENP-A has been added, the centromere becomes self-propagating, and the surrounding heterochromatin/RNAi mechanism is no longer necessary.<ref name="pmid18174443">{{cite journal | vauthors = Folco HD, Pidoux AL, Urano T, Allshire RC | title = Heterochromatin and RNAi are required to establish CENP-A chromatin at centromeres | journal = Science | volume = 319 | issue = 5859 | pages = 94–7 |date=January 2008  | pmid = 18174443 | pmc = 2586718 | doi = 10.1126/science.1150944 }}</ref>


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Centromere protein A, also known as CENPA, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the CENPA gene.[1]

Function

Centromeres are the chromosomal domains that specify the mitotic behavior of chromosomes. The CENPA gene encodes a centromere protein which contains a histone H3 related histone fold domain that is required for targeting to the centromere. CENPA is proposed to be a component of a modified nucleosome or nucleosome-like structure in which it replaces 1 or both copies of conventional histone H3 in the (H3-H4)2 tetrameric core of the nucleosome particle. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms.[1]

In higher eukaryotes, the recruitment of CENP-A nucleosomes to existing centromeres is an epigenetic process, independent of the underlying DNA sequence. In S. pombe, de novo recruitment of the CENP-A to the centromere is believed to be controlled by "centromeric" heterochromatin surrounding the centromere, and by an RNAi mechanism. The RNAi is cut to form siRNA; this complexes with the protein Chp1, which then binds the centromeric heterochromatin. This helps recruit other proteins, ultimately resulting in a protein complex that forms cohesin between two sister chromatids at the centromeric heterochromatin. This cohesin is believed to be essential in replacing the centromere H3 with CENP-A. CENP-A is one of the epigenetic changes that is believed to distinguish centromeric DNA from other DNA.[2] Once the CENP-A has been added, the centromere becomes self-propagating, and the surrounding heterochromatin/RNAi mechanism is no longer necessary.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 EntrezGene 1058
  2. Chueh AC, Wong LH, Wong N, Choo KH (January 2005). "Variable and hierarchical size distribution of L1-retroelement-enriched CENP-A clusters within a functional human neocentromere". Hum. Mol. Genet. 14 (1): 85–93. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddi008. PMID 15537667.
  3. Folco HD, Pidoux AL, Urano T, Allshire RC (January 2008). "Heterochromatin and RNAi are required to establish CENP-A chromatin at centromeres". Science. 319 (5859): 94–7. doi:10.1126/science.1150944. PMC 2586718. PMID 18174443.

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