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CEP152

Centrosomal protein of 152 kDa, also known as Cep152, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CEP152 gene. It is the ortholog of the Drosophila melanogaster gene asterless (asl) and both are required for centriole duplication.

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Jun 6, 2026
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Length
655 w
Citations
10
Source
CEP152
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesCEP152, MCPH4, MCPH9, SCKL5, centrosomal protein 152
External IDsOMIM: 613529; MGI: 2139083; HomoloGene: 37159; GeneCards: CEP152; OMA:CEP152 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001194998
NM_014985

NM_001081091

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001181927
NP_055800

NP_001074560

Location (UCSC)Chr 15: 48.71 – 48.81 MbChr 2: 125.41 – 125.47 Mb
PubMed search34
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Centrosomal protein of 152 kDa, also known as Cep152, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CEP152 gene.5 It is the ortholog of the Drosophila melanogaster gene asterless (asl) and both are required for centriole duplication.6

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000103995Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000068394Ensembl, 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. "Entrez Gene: centrosomal protein 152kDa".
  6. Blachon S, Gopalakrishnan J, Omori Y, Polyanovsky A, Church A, Nicastro D, Malicki J, Avidor-Reiss T (December 2008). "Drosophila asterless and vertebrate Cep152 Are orthologs essential for centriole duplication". Genetics. 180 (4): 2081–94. doi:10.1534/genetics.108.095141. PMC 2600943. PMID 18854586.
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