Description
Product Characteristics:
Ska2 (spindle and kinetochore associated complex subunit 2), also known as FAM33A, is a 121 amino acid component of the Ska1 complex, a microtubule-binding subcomplex of the outer kinetochore that is critical for proper chromosome segregation. The Ska1 complex is a component of the kinetochore-microtubule interface and directly associates with microtubules as oligomeric assemblies. Localized to the outer kinetochore and spindle microtubules during cell proliferation, Ska2 is essential for spindle checkpoint silencing and exit from mitosis. Downregulation of Ska2 leads to delayed recruitment of MAD2, a component of the mitotic spindle checkpoint, to several kinetochores resulting in occasional loss of individual chromosomes from the metaphase plate. Ska2 is encoded by a gene located on human chromosome 17, which comprises over 2.5 % of the human genome and encodes over 1,200 genes.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm, Nucleus
Synonyms: FAM33A, Family with sequence similarity 33, member A, FLJ12758, MGC110975, Protein FAM33A, SKA 2, SKA2, SKA2_HUMAN, Spindle and kinetochore associated complex subunit 2, Spindle and kinetochore associated protein 2, Spindle and kinetochore-associated protein 2, Spindle and KT kinetochore associated 2, Spindle and KT associated 2.
Target Information: Component of the SKA1 complex, a microtubule-binding subcomplex of the outer kinetochore that is essential for proper chromosome segregation. Required for timely anaphase onset during mitosis, when chromosomes undergo bipolar attachment on spindle microtubules leading to silencing of the spindle checkpoint. The SKA1 complex is a direct component of the kinetochore-microtubule interface and directly associates with microtubules as oligomeric assemblies. The complex facilitates the processive movement of microspheres along a microtubule in a depolymerization-coupled manner. In the complex, it is required for ska1 localization (By similarity)