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ArticleNature communications2019

Mechanism of centromere recruitment of the CENP-A chaperone HJURP and its implications for centromere licensing.

Dongqing Pan, Kai Walstein, Annika Take, David Bier, Nadine Kaiser, Andrea Musacchio

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Article in Nature communications, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

  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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  11. The CENP-A chaperone complex spatially organizes centromeres.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  13. 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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  14. 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 · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dongqing PanDepartment of Mechanistic Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Otto-Hahn-Straße 11, 44227, Dortmund, Germany. dongqing.pan@mpi-dortmund.mpg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3701-8442
Kai WalsteinDepartment of Mechanistic Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Otto-Hahn-Straße 11, 44227, Dortmund, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2876-7903
Annika TakeDepartment of Mechanistic Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Otto-Hahn-Straße 11, 44227, Dortmund, Germany.
David BierDepartment of Mechanistic Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Otto-Hahn-Straße 11, 44227, Dortmund, Germany.
Nadine KaiserDepartment of Chemical Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Otto-Hahn-Straße 11, 44227, Dortmund, Germany.
Andrea MusacchioDepartment of Mechanistic Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Otto-Hahn-Straße 11, 44227, Dortmund, Germany. andrea.musacchio@mpi-dortmund.mpg.de.
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nucleosomes containing the histone H3 variant CENP-A are the epigenetic mark of centromeres, the kinetochore assembly sites required for chromosome segregation. HJURP is the CENP-A chaperone, which associates with Mis18α, Mis18β, and M18BP1 to target centromeres and deposit new CENP-A. How these proteins interact to promote CENP-A deposition remains poorly understood. Here we show that two repeats in human HJURP proposed to be functionally distinct are in fact interchangeable and bind concomitantly to the 4:2:2 Mis18α:Mis18β:M18BP1 complex without dissociating it. HJURP binds CENP-A:H4 dimers, and therefore assembly of CENP-A:H4 tetramers must be performed by two Mis18αβ:M18BP1:HJURP complexes, or by the same complex in consecutive rounds. The Mis18α N-terminal tails blockade two identical HJURP-repeat binding sites near the Mis18αβ C-terminal helices. These were identified by photo-cross-linking experiments and mutated to separate Mis18 from HJURP centromere recruitment. Our results identify molecular underpinnings of eukaryotic chromosome inheritance and shed light on how centromeres license CENP-A deposition.

Indexed as

Adaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAmino Acid SequenceBinding SitesCell Cycle ProteinsCentromereCentromere Protein AChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneDNA-Binding ProteinsHeLa CellsHistonesHumansMolecular ChaperonesProtein BindingRNA InterferenceSequence Homology, Amino AcidAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingCell Cycle ProteinsCentromere Protein AChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneDNA-Binding ProteinsHistonesHJURP protein, humanMIS18A protein, humanMolecular ChaperonesOIP5 protein, human

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