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borr

Gene
borr
Protein
Borealin
Organism
Drosophila melanogaster
Length
315 amino acids
Function
Component of the chromosomal passenger complex (CPC), a complex that acts as a key regulator of embryonic mitosis. The CPC complex has essential functions at the centromere for ensuring sister chromatid cohesion, recruitment of the CPC to kinetochores, and chromosome alignment and segregation. There is no function in meiotic histone phosphorylation or spindle formation.
Similarity
Belongs to the borealin family.
Mass
34.681 kDa
Sequence
MPRTKIPKNSKRNREVANREEKVRLYELKMDSRLISIDSLETKFLSAVDHQVKTLLGQVQKELANLKMPEVLRLFEELDRFSDFKASDQTQLLASMSMSGSAIEGHAPSATGSRNDEEDSSIGASGGSILAAHTGSLLRSTKAMRTPGPLHSARARRARRSRSACGDLNILHSAKPPSISSSSSSSRNSRSKLRTPMASRAKAFSADRTPLKQKQMRSGSPTTPPMAFLRYPKPGEVALSKYGSPMVAQVMPDKFANVNIPIRNGVLSLRPKKLDADEVESNLLENLDEDTLNQIKTLHENLQMIVNKASQAVFK