Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29269420›Full record

ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2018

Structural mechanisms of centromeric nucleosome recognition by the kinetochore protein CENP-N.

Sagar Chittori, Jingjun Hong, Hayden Saunders, Hanqiao Feng, Rodolfo Ghirlando, Alexander E Kelly, Yawen Bai, Sriram Subramaniam

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 81 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

81 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Structure and function of the centromere and inner kinetochore.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2026
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  3. Dual Roads of CENP-A for Centromere Identification.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2026
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  5. Structure and dynamics of 2x(CENP-A/H4)Life science alliance · 2026
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  7. 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 · 2025
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  12. Solution conformational differences between conventional and CENP-A nucleosomes are accentuated by reversible deformation under high pressure.Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology · 2025
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  13. Cryo-EM Analysis of a Unique Subnucleosome Containing Centromere-Specific Histone Variant CENP-A.Genes to cells : devoted to molecular & cellular mechanisms · 2025
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  15. Non-nucleosomal (CENP-A/H4)bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Sagar ChittoriLaboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research (CCR), National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1417-6552
Jingjun HongLaboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, CCR, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1080-6994
Hayden SaundersLaboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, CCR, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7582-3031
Hanqiao FengLaboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, CCR, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3488-0600
Rodolfo GhirlandoLaboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4880-4959
Alexander E KellyLaboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, CCR, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. baiyaw@mail.nih.gov alexander.kelly@nih.gov ss1@nih.gov.ORCID 0000-0002-3395-6012
Yawen BaiLaboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, CCR, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. baiyaw@mail.nih.gov alexander.kelly@nih.gov ss1@nih.gov.ORCID 0000-0003-3239-1109
Sriram SubramaniamLaboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research (CCR), National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. baiyaw@mail.nih.gov alexander.kelly@nih.gov ss1@nih.gov.ORCID 0000-0003-4231-4115

Funding

Nucleosome DynamicsZIABC010808 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI BAI, YAWEN · 2009 to 2025
$26.5M
Role of kinetochore proteins in chromosome segregationZIABC011491 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI KELLY, ALEXANDER · 2013 to 2025
$14.6M
Biophysics of Macromolecular ComplexesZIADK033007 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI BUCHANAN, SUSAN · 2009 to 2024
$4.9M
Nucleosome DynamicsZ01BC010808 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI BAI, YAWEN · 2007 to 2008
$329k
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 BC010808
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accurate chromosome segregation requires the proper assembly of kinetochore proteins. A key step in this process is the recognition of the histone H3 variant CENP-A in the centromeric nucleosome by the kinetochore protein CENP-N. We report cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), biophysical, biochemical, and cell biological studies of the interaction between the CENP-A nucleosome and CENP-N. We show that human CENP-N confers binding specificity through interactions with the L1 loop of CENP-A, stabilized by electrostatic interactions with the nucleosomal DNA. Mutational analyses demonstrate analogous interactions in

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Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsCentromereCentromere Protein AChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneCryoelectron MicroscopyDNA Mutational AnalysisHumansKinetochoresNucleosomesProtein Structure, SecondaryXenopusCENPN protein, humanCentromere Protein AChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneNucleosomes

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PMCPMC6292214

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