CENP-I is essential for centromere function in vertebrate cells.
Nishihashi A, Haraguchi T, Hiraoka Y, Ikemura T, Regnier V, Dodson H, Earnshaw WC, Fukagawa T.
PRESTO, The Japan Science and Technology Corporation, National Institute of Genetics and The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Mishima, 411-8540, Shizuoka, Japan.
We identified a novel essential centromere protein, CENP-I, which shows sequence similarity with fission yeast Mis6 protein, and we showed that CENP-I is a constitutive component of the centromere that colocalizes with CENP-A, -C, and -H throughout the cell cycle in vertebrate cells. To determine the precise function of CENP-I, we examined its role in centromere function by generating a conditional loss-of-function mutant in the chicken DT40 cell line. In the absence of CENP-I, cells arrested at prometaphase with misaligned chromosomes for long periods of time. Eventually, cells exited mitosis without undergoing cytokinesis. Immunocytochemical analysis of CENP-I-deficient cells demonstrated that both CENP-I and CENP-H are necessary for localization of CENP-C but not CENP-A to the centromere.
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PMID: 11970896 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]