CELE_C02F5.1, C02F5.1

knl-1 encodes a novel acidic protein with a coiled-coil region at its C-terminus; KNL-1 is an essential kinetochore component that is required for proper spindle elongation and chromosome separation, and in the kinetochore assembly pathway, plays a key role in linking the initiation of kinetochore formation with the construction of a functional microtubule-binding interface; in the assembly pathway, KNL-1 functions downstream of the DNA-proximal kinetochore components CeCENP-A/HCP-3 and CeCENP-B/HCP-4 and upstream of the outer kinetochore components HIM-10/Nuf2p, NDC-80/HEC1, CeBUB-1, HCP-1, and CeCLASP2/CLS-2; in expression studies in the one-cell embryo, KNL-1 localizes to kinetochores throughout mitosis.

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