Centrosome-associated protein CEP250 is a
protein
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that in humans is encoded by the ''CEP250''
gene
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.
This gene encodes a core
centrosomal protein required for
centriole
In cell biology a centriole is a cylindrical organelle composed mainly of a protein called tubulin. Centrioles are found in most eukaryotic cells, but are not present in conifers (Pinophyta), flowering plants (angiosperms) and most fungi, and a ...
-centriole cohesion during
interphase
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of the
cell cycle
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. The encoded protein dissociates from the centrosomes when parental centrioles separate at the beginning of
mitosis
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. The protein associates with and is
phosphorylated
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by
NIMA-related kinase 2, which is also associated with the centrosome.
Furthermore,
CEP135
Centrosomal protein of 135 kDa is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''CEP135'' gene.
It is part of the centrosome throughout the cell cycle, being distributed in the pericentriolar material Pericentriolar material (PCM, sometimes also cal ...
is also required for the centriolar localization of CEP250.
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