ArticleThe Journal of cell biology2014
CAL1 is the Drosophila CENP-A assembly factor.
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- Structure and function of the centromere and inner kinetochore.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2026Review
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- Remote homology and functional genetics unmask deeply preserved Scm3/HJURP orthologs in metazoans.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Protein-only centromeric chromatin assembly streamlines human artificial chromosome formation.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Rapid assembly of functional modules for generating human artificial chromosome constructs compatible with epigenetic centromere seeding.Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology · 2025Article
- Robust CENP-A incorporation in human cells is independent of transcription and cohesin components.Molecular biology of the cell · 2025Article
- Rapid assembly of functional modules for generating human artificial chromosome constructs compatible with epigenetic centromere seeding.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Centromere regulation in the germline and early embryo.Current opinion in genetics & development · 2025Review
- Preserving centromere identity: right amounts of CENP-A at the right place and time.Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology · 2025Review
- A brief historical perspective on cell cycle control of CENP-A assembly and inheritance.Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology · 2025Review
- Increased maize chromosome number by engineered chromosome fission.Science advances · 2025Article
- Transcription of a centromere-enriched retroelement and local retention of its RNA are significant features of the CENP-A chromatin landscape.Genome biology · 2024Article
- The Chaperone NASP Contributes to de Novo Deposition of the Centromeric Histone Variant CENH3 in Arabidopsis Early Embryogenesis.Plant & cell physiology · 2024Article
- The structure, function, and evolution of plant centromeres.Genome research · 2024Review
- Interaction of histone H4 with Cse4 facilitates conformational changes in Cse4 for its sumoylation and mislocalization.Nucleic acids research · 2024Article
- Centromere structure and function: lessons from Drosophila.Genetics · 2023Article
- A dynamic population of prophase CENP-C is required for meiotic chromosome segregation.PLoS genetics · 2023Article
- Centromere proteins are asymmetrically distributed between newly divided germline stem and daughter cells and maintain a balanced niche inMolecular biology of the cell · 2023Article
- Synthetic maize centromeres transmit chromosomes across generations.Nature plants · 2023Article
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Abstract
Centromeres are specified epigenetically by the incorporation of the histone H3 variant CENP-A. In humans, amphibians, and fungi, CENP-A is deposited at centromeres by the HJURP/Scm3 family of assembly factors, but homologues of these chaperones are absent from a number of major eukaryotic lineages such as insects, fish, nematodes, and plants. In Drosophila, centromeric deposition of CENP-A requires the fly-specific protein CAL1. Here, we show that targeting CAL1 to noncentromeric DNA in Drosophila cells is sufficient to heritably recruit CENP-A, kinetochore proteins, and microtubule attachments. CAL1 selectively interacts with CENP-A and is sufficient to assemble CENP-A nucleosomes that display properties consistent with left-handed octamers. The CENP-A assembly activity of CAL1 resides within an N-terminal domain, whereas the C terminus mediates centromere recognition through an interaction with CENP-C. Collectively, this work identifies the "missing" CENP-A chaperone in flies, revealing fundamental conservation between insect and vertebrate centromere-specification mechanisms.
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