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Symbol CENPJ contributors: mct/ - updated : 09-11-2016
HGNC name centromere protein J
HGNC id 17272
PROTEIN
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
STRUCTURE
motifs/domains
  • a leucine zipper, which may form a series of heptad repeats involved in coiled-coil formation, and with five coiled-coil domains
  • glycine repeats
  • microtubule-destabilizing motif that may regulate microtubule dynamics at the centrosome
  • two classical 14-3-3 binding sites, within the C-terminal domain
  • HOMOLOGY
    interspecies homolog to Drosophila Lk6
    homolog to C.elegans R166.5
    Homologene
    FAMILY
  • TCP10 family
  • CATEGORY regulatory , structural protein
    SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION     intracellular
    intracellular,cytoplasm,cytosolic
    intracellular,cytoplasm,cytoskeleton,microtubule,centrosome
    intracellular,cytoplasm,cytoskeleton,microtubule,mitotic spindle
    intracellular,nucleus
    text
  • localized in the center of microtubules asters and to the spindle poles of mitotic cells
  • also localizes at the midbody ring
  • phosphorylated CENPJ is preferentially located at the procentriole
  • basic FUNCTION
  • centriolar protein that may participate in microtubule nucleation
  • may play an important role in cell division and centrosome function
  • coactivator of STAT5 proteins in the prolactin (and probably other) pathway
  • CENPJ and CP110 play antagonistic roles in determining the extent of tubulin addition during centriole elongation, thereby controlling the length of newly formed centrioles (
  • new regulator of centriole length and its intrinsic tubulin-dimer binding activity is required for procentriole elongation
  • both monomeric and dimeric CENPJ are required for accurate cell division, suggesting that the temporal dynamics of CENPJ homodimerization is tightly regulated during the cell cycle
  • phosphorylated CENPJ is involved in procentriole assembly, possibly for centriole elongation
  • shared function for CENPJ, CEP120, SPICE1 in centriole length control
  • CELLULAR PROCESS cell cycle, division
    PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS
    PATHWAY
    metabolism
    signaling
    a component
  • part of the gamma-tubulin complex
  • with CENPJ formed a core structure within the proximal lumen of both parental and nascent centrioles
  • INTERACTION
    DNA
    RNA
    small molecule
    protein
  • binding to the head domain of the 135kDa protein 4.1R isoform (4.1R-135)
  • interacting with STAT5A, STAT5B
  • interaction with YWHAQ, YWHAZ, YWHAG (interaction appears to be phosphorylation and cell cycle dependent, significantly reduced in mitotic cells, suggesting that 14-3-3 binding to CENPJ is regulated during cell cycle progression)
  • interacts with tubulin and controls centriole length
  • substrate of PLK2 whose activity oscillates during the cell cycle
  • interacting with CEP152 (recruits PLK4 and CENPJ to the centrosome to ensure a faithful centrosome duplication process)
  • STIL interacts with the centromere protein CENPJ and rapidly shuttles between the cytoplasm and centrioles
  • CENPJ degradation and function is controlled by the poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase TNKS
  • CEP135 also interacts with another microcephaly protein CENPJ via its N terminal domain
  • CEP120 and SPICE1 cooperate with CENPJ in centriole elongation
  • CEP120 is a cell cycle-regulated protein that directly interacts with CENPJ and is required for centriole duplication
  • CNTROB-CENPJ interaction is critical for the recruitment of CENPJ to procentrioles to promote the elongation of daughter centrioles and for the persistence of CENPJ on preexisting mother centrioles
  • CEP135 physically links to SASS6 near the site of microtubule nucleation and binds to CENPJ for triplet microtubule formation
  • SYCP2 N-reminal region interacts with the centromere during meiosis I, with CENPJ and CENPF
  • cell & other
    REGULATION
    Other cell cycle-regulated phosphorylation orchestrates the dynamics of CENPJ molecular interaction and centrosome splitting to ensure genomic stability in cell division
    ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
    corresponding disease(s) MCPH6 , SCKL4
    Other morbid association(s)
    TypeGene ModificationChromosome rearrangementProtein expressionProtein Function
    constitutional     --over  
    overexpression in human cells enhances the accumulation of centriolar tubulin, leading to centrioles of strikingly increased length
    Susceptibility
    Variant & Polymorphism
    Candidate gene
    Marker
    Therapy target
    ANIMAL & CELL MODELS