Description
Product Characteristics: CBX5, HP1-ALPHA, chromobox homolog 5 (HP1 alpha homolog, Drosophila), HGNC:1555, HP1, HP1Hs-alpha, chromobox homolog 5 (Drosophila HP1 alpha), Heterochromatin protein-1, HP1A, antigen p25, heterochromatin protein 1 homolog alpha, heterochromatin protein 1-alpha
Target Information: This gene encodes a highly conserved nonhistone protein, which is a member of the heterochromatin protein family. The protein is enriched in the heterochromatin and associated with centromeres. The protein has a single N-terminal chromodomain which can bind to histone proteins via methylated lysine residues, and a C-terminal chromo shadow-domain (CSD) which is responsible for the homodimerization and interaction with a number of chromatin-associated nonhistone proteins. The encoded product is involved in the formation of functional kinetochore through interaction with essential kinetochore proteins. The gene has a pseudogene located on chromosome 3. Multiple alternatively spliced variants, encoding the same protein, have been identified. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]