Protein
NASP-related protein sim3
Organism
Schizosaccharomyces pombe (strain 972 / ATCC 24843)
Function
Histone H3 and H3-like CENP-A-specific chaperone. Promotes delivery and incorporation of CENP-A in centromeric chromatin, probably by escorting nascent CENP-A to CENP-A chromatin assembly factors. Required for central core silencing and normal chromosome segregation.
Similarity
Belongs to the NASP family.
Sequence
MSSDTKTLENSKGNSATDADTKNPSSSDSRAIEQLVTQGNMAYAQKNYEEAVDKYGQALMQSESIHGSESLENRNVLWLYGKSLFQIAIENSQVLGNALGAKESVSQATESFEEPEAIGSFTFSGQKIENKYTVNEENSSIAHPEKESEEKETNEASPASEEDEDDFNVAWEVLDLTRVMQSKAVDAYPDSKDEKIRLADIYDLLGELSLEIENFSQASQDLKTALEWKEKVYNVSNNTLLSEAHYKLALALEFTNPEDPSNKSRACEHVEKAAEILKNVLNERENEVTDKKGKGKQKAEESTLTSDLENLREMLSELEQKTLDLKHGAPSLEEAVMSKMHESSLLSKDSSSLAQAVAEAVKNANDLGGLVKRKRTKQEVTSSSQKEGPKDKKKKD