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CDCA5

Sororin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CDCA5 gene.

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CDCA5
Identifiers
AliasesCDCA5, SORORIN, cell division cycle associated 5
External IDsOMIM: 609374; MGI: 1915099; HomoloGene: 49860; GeneCards: CDCA5; OMA:CDCA5 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_080668

NM_026410

RefSeq (protein)

NP_542399

NP_080686

Location (UCSC)Chr 11: 65.07 – 65.08 MbChr 19: 6.14 – 6.14 Mb
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Sororin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CDCA5 gene.567

Function

Sororin is required for stable binding of cohesin to chromatin and for sister chromatid cohesion in interphase.8

Clinical significance

Transactivation of Sororin and its phosphorylation at Ser209 by ERK play an important role in lung cancer proliferation.9

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000146670Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000024791Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Walker MG (Aug 2002). "Drug target discovery by gene expression analysis: cell cycle genes". Curr Cancer Drug Targets. 1 (1): 73–83. doi:10.2174/1568009013334241. PMID 12188893.
  6. Rankin S, Ayad NG, Kirschner MW (Apr 2005). "Sororin, a substrate of the anaphase-promoting complex, is required for sister chromatid cohesion in vertebrates". Mol Cell. 18 (2): 185–200. doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2005.03.017. PMID 15837422.
  7. "Entrez Gene: CDCA5 cell division cycle associated 5".
  8. Schmitz J, Watrin E, Lénárt P, Mechtler K, Peters J (Apr 2007). "Sororin is required for stable binding of cohesin to chromatin and for sister chromatid cohesion in interphase". Curr Biol. 17 (7): 630–6. Bibcode:2007CBio...17..630S. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2007.02.029. hdl:21.11116/0000-0002-101C-D. PMID 17349791. S2CID 11988060.
  9. Nguyen M, Koinuma J, Ueda K, Ito T, Tsuchiya E, Nakamura Y, Daigo Y (Jul 2010). "Phosphorylation and activation of cell division cycle associated 5 by mitogen-activated protein kinase play a crucial role in human lung carcinogenesis". Cancer Res. 70 (13): 5337–47. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-4372. PMID 20551060.
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