From the Kinetochore to the CCAN complex

Generated from PDB file 6QLD.

 

There are three CCAN subcomplexes:

     (1) ScCtf3 complex + Cenp-TW (Cenp- HIK-TW)

     (2) Cenp-LN

     (3) ScCOMA+ Complex (Cenp-OPQU+)

These subcomplexes are strongly stabilised by subunit CHL4 (Cenp-N).  In this exhibit, we will focus on the C-terminal domain of this subunit (Yan et al., 2019).

360° rotation of the Cenp-LN complex.

The IML3:CHL4 (Cenp-LN) complex

Extensive research has been done on the kinetochore. In 1988, Kouprina et al. first identified CHL4 participated in chromosome segregation through classical genetic experiments. Decades later in 2003, Pot et al. further discovered that CHL4 is one of the outer kinetochore components via chromatin immunoprecipitation, fluorescence microscopy and immunoprecipitation.

Click to read more about the first techniques.

 

 Nature of the CHL4 (Cenp-N) interfaces

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