CENPU
centromere protein U | CENP-50, CENP-U, KLIP1, PBIP1, MLF1IP

The centromere is a specialized chromatin domain, present throughout the cell cycle, that acts as a platform on which the transient assembly of the kinetochore occurs during mitosis. All active centromeres are characterized by the presence of long arrays of nucleosomes in which CENPA (MIM 117139) replaces histone H3 (see MIM 601128). MLF1IP, or CENPU, is an additional factor required for centromere assembly (Foltz et al., 2006 [PubMed 16622419]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]

Member of: DE-6 DE-6.6 Developmental clusters: GC4
Biological processes 10 terms
Expression (TPM)
CENPU — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating CENPU 0 TFs

Transcription factors with Perturb-seq knockdown data for CENPU. The Binding column indicates whether any binding evidence exists for this TF–gene pair (ChIP-seq or motif footprint peaks). The Mean coef is the average Perturb-seq regression coefficient across active gRNAs (positive = CENPU upregulated upon KD; negative = downregulated). The Outlier column indicates whether this gene is in the top or bottom 5% of all TF knockdown effects.

Data: Effect:
TF Mean coef Binding Outlier TF→Gene link

Elements linked to CENPU

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of CENPU, linked by TSS proximity or chromatin conformation (Multiome / HiCAR). Each element overlaps at least one TF ChIP-seq binding site — the TFs column shows how many distinct TFs bind that element.

Accessibility Element Dist. to TSS Link type TFs
chr4:184,472,503–184,475,460 259.4 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 965
chr4:184,536,785–184,538,298 196.5 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 704
chr4:184,625,573–184,626,654 107.9 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 388
chr4:184,648,062–184,650,476 84.5 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 822
chr4:184,733,143–184,734,876 160 bp At TSS Multiome 1145
chr4:184,814,706–184,816,098 81.3 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 552
chr4:184,825,249–184,826,846 92.0 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 644
chr4:184,983,798–184,984,312 250.0 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 307
chr4:185,004,689–185,005,528 271.1 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome HiCAR 348
chr4:185,018,062–185,018,650 284.4 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 181

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the CENPU locus showing ATAC-seq accessibility and RNA-seq expression across the ESC → DE time course, together with TF binding peaks and element-to-TSS loop connections.

chr4:184,462,503 – 185,028,650
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq