CBX5

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]

Description

Chromobox 5

Tissue specificity

Tissue enhanced (choroid plexus)

Subcell location

Nucleoplasm

Predicted location

Intracellular

Protein family

Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Predicted intracellular proteins
Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014)

Chromosome

12 (54230942 - 54280133)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000094916  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Cbx5: ENSMUSG00000009575

UniProt

P45973

neXtProt

NX_P45973

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants

Protein structure