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Gene

CENPU

centromere protein U

Summary

Cytogenetic location
4q35.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 4: 184,694,085–184,734,096 (GRCh38)
Exons
13 exons across 40 kb
Protein
418 amino acids
Also known as
CENP-U, KLIP1, CENP-50, PBIP1
Previous symbols
MLF1IP
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000281453.10NM_024629.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads CENPU yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How CENPU is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 4, with a bracket where CENPU sits. CENPU and 9 genes near it on chromosome 4, from 184,214,091 to 185,214,090.Chromosome 44q35.1p16.3p16.2p16.1p15.33p15.32p15.31p15.2p15.1p14p13p12p11q11q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.21q21.22q21.23q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25q26q27q28.1q28.2q28.3q31.1q31.21q31.22q31.23q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33q34.1q34.2q34.3q35.1q35.2184.4 Mb184.6 Mb184.8 Mb185 Mb185.2 MbENPP6: 184,088,699–184,221,230, reverse strandENPP6IRF2: 184,385,651–184,474,558, reverse strandIRF2CASP3: 184,627,695–184,650,418, reverse strandCASP3PRIMPOL: 184,648,461–184,698,374, forward strandPRIMPOLCENPU: 184,694,085–184,734,096, reverse strandCENPUACSL1: 184,755,501–184,826,853, reverse strandACSL1HELT: 185,018,490–185,022,065, forward strandHELTSLC25A4: 185,143,233–185,150,393, forward strandSLC25A4CFAP97: 185,158,961–185,210,815, reverse strandCFAP97SNX25: 185,204,237–185,390,928, forward strandSNX25Diagram of CENPU: 13 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 4Exon 13: 184,694,085–184,695,401, 1,317 basesExon 12: 184,697,647–184,697,803, 157 basesExon 11: 184,700,820–184,700,881, 62 basesExon 10: 184,702,089–184,702,136, 48 basesExon 9: 184,702,363–184,702,441, 79 basesExon 8: 184,710,072–184,710,180, 109 basesExon 7: 184,712,944–184,713,013, 70 basesExon 6: 184,716,397–184,716,633, 237 basesExon 5: 184,717,136–184,717,196, 61 basesExon 4: 184,724,957–184,725,062, 106 basesExon 3: 184,728,918–184,729,035, 118 basesExon 2: 184,730,920–184,730,968, 49 basesExon 1: 184,734,016–184,734,096, 81 bases131210864215′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 2.5 kb of the gene's 40 kb; 1,257 of those bases code for the protein.

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). CENPU gene: centromere protein U. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/cenpu

Vancouver

Dante Labs. CENPU gene: centromere protein U [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/cenpu

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