| Literature DB >> 12498345 |
Rogier ten Hoopen1, Thomas Schleker, Renate Manteuffel, Ingo Schubert.
Abstract
Derived from candidate sequences of a barley EST database two proteins with homology to the coiled coil region of the human kinetochore protein (KP) CENP-E were generated and classified as centromere protein E-like 1 and 2 (Cpell and Cpe12). Specific antibodies produced against recombinant Cpe11 and Cpe12 proteins labeled the centromere on mitotic chromosomes of barley and field bean and recognized specifically proteins from nuclear/chromosomal protein extracts on immunoblots. No function was predicted for homologues of Cpe11 within the databases for Arabidopsis and rice genomes. However, the centromeric location of Cpe11 and Cpe12 suggests they may have a function within the kinetochore. Plant homologues to barley Cpe12 are N-type kinesins, suggesting that Cpe12 is functionally homologous to human CENP-E.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12498345 DOI: 10.1023/a:1020962618696
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chromosome Res ISSN: 0967-3849 Impact factor: 5.239