CENP-A, CenH3, CID/CENP-A, dCENP-A, cenpA
a variant of histone H3 - localizes exclusively to centromeres - chromatin component that plays a key role in assembling the kinetochore at meiosis and mitosis
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AlphaFold produces a per-residue confidence score (pLDDT) between 0 and 100. Some regions with low pLDDT may be unstructured in isolation.
Gene model reviewed during 5.49
There is only one protein coding transcript and one polypeptide associated with this gene
225 (aa)
cid protein was used as a marker for kinetochores during early embryogenesis.
Forms a nucleosome-like histone octamer containing two molecules each of H2A, H2B, cid and H4 assembled in one cid-H4 heterotetramer and two H2A-H2B heterodimers (By similarity). The cid-H4 heterotetramer is more compact and structurally more rigid than corresponding H3-H4 heterotetramers (By similarity). Interacts with the condensin subunit Cap-G (PubMed:15592865). Interacts with Chrac-14 (PubMed:24703848).
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The testis specificity index was calculated from modENCODE tissue expression data by Vedelek et al., 2018 to indicate the degree of testis enrichment compared to other tissues. Scores range from -2.52 (underrepresented) to 5.2 (very high testis bias).
Comment: Localization observed at interphase and during mitosis; assayed in S2R+ cells
No more than eight cid foci are present in wild-type meiosis I at any stage.
Protein can be detected as 4 distinct foci of staining at the centromere region of chromatids of developing spermatozoa. While staining cannot be detected in very late spermatids and mature spermatozoa, the highly compact nature of the sperm nuclei have been shown to exclude antibodies and therefore prevent visualization of proteins associated with these structures. Shortly after fertilization protein can be detected again as discrete spots on the apposed pronuclei.
Comment: Localization observed at interphase and during mitosis of embryonic cycle 14
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2-72.3
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New stable cell line derived from S2-unspecified : A stable S2 cell line that contains inducible EGFP-tagged cid was created.
New stable cell line derived from S2-unspecified : CRISPR/Cas9 used to tag endogenous Spt6 with GFP; stably transfected versions of the resulting Spt6-GFP cell line were generated with a small molecule inducible version of the geGradeFP system, a tamoxifen inducible HA-cid and/or a version of cid capable of recombination induced tag exchange (RITE).
New stable cell line derived from S2-ThermoFischer : A stable S2- mCherry:Tubulin-GFP:cid cell line was created. This was accomplished by transfecting cells stably expressing GFP:CID (from Gary Karpen) with inducible mCherry-alpha-tubulin.
RNAi screen using dsRNA made from templates generated with primers directed against this gene results in chromosome misalignment on the metaphase spindle and the formation of aberrantly long spindles when assayed in S2 cells. This phenotype can be observed when the screen is performed with or without Cdc27 dsRNA.
New incorporation of cid protein into centromeres takes place during anaphase of the syncytial divisions of embryos. This incorporation is independent of DNA replication and of normal pulling forces generated by the mitotic spindle, but is strictly coupled to mitotic progression.
SL2 cells treated with dsRNA against cid show mitotic arrest and chromosomes are displaced from the metaphase plate.
dsRNA made from templates generated with primers directed against this gene tested in RNAi screen for effects on Kc167 and S2R+ cell morphology.
Source for merge of: cid CG13329
Source for merge of: cid BcDNA:RE21270
Source for merge of cid CG13329 was sequence comparison ( date:000601 ).
Source for merge of cid BcDNA:RE21270 was a shared cDNA ( date:030728 ).