CENPF
Centromere protein F
Also known as: CENPF_HUMAN, hcp-1
Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene
Protein identityUniProt · HPA
- UniProt accession
- P49454
- Gene
- CENPF
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000117724
- Chromosome
- 1
- Canonical length
- 3114 aa
- Protein class
- Cancer-related genes, Disease related genes, Human disease related genes, Plasma proteins, Predicted intracellular proteins
- Subcellular location
- Nucleoplasm
OverviewNCBI Gene
This gene encodes a protein that associates with the centromere-kinetochore complex. The protein is a component of the nuclear matrix during the G2 phase of interphase. In late G2 the protein associates with the kinetochore and maintains this association through early anaphase. It localizes to the spindle midzone and the intracellular bridge in late anaphase and telophase, respectively, and is thought to be subsequently degraded. The localization of this protein suggests that it may play a role in chromosome segregation during mitotis. It is thought to form either a homodimer or heterodimer. Autoantibodies against this protein have been found in patients with cancer or graft versus host disease. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt
3114 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.
>P49454|CENPF
1 MSWALEEWKE GLPTRALQKI QELEGQLDKL KKEKQQRQFQ LDSLEAALQK QKQKVENEKT
61 EGTNLKRENQ RLMEICESLE KTKQKISHEL QVKESQVNFQ EGQLNSGKKQ IEKLEQELKR
121 CKSELERSQQ AAQSADVSLN PCNTPQKIFT TPLTPSQYYS GSKYEDLKEK YNKEVEERKR
181 LEAEVKALQA KKASQTLPQA TMNHRDIARH QASSSVFSWQ QEKTPSHLSS NSQRTPIRRD
241 FSASYFSGEQ EVTPSRSTLQ IGKRDANSSF FDNSSSPHLL DQLKAQNQEL RNKINELELR
301 LQGHEKEMKG QVNKFQELQL QLEKAKVELI EKEKVLNKCR DELVRTTAQY DQASTKYTAL
361 EQKLKKLTED LSCQRQNAES ARCSLEQKIK EKEKEFQEEL SRQQRSFQTL DQECIQMKAR
421 LTQELQQAKN MHNVLQAELD KLTSVKQQLE NNLEEFKQKL CRAEQAFQAS QIKENELRRS
481 MEEMKKENNL LKSHSEQKAR EVCHLEAELK NIKQCLNQSQ NFAEEMKAKN TSQETMLRDL
541 QEKINQQENS LTLEKLKLAV ADLEKQRDCS QDLLKKREHH IEQLNDKLSK TEKESKALLS
601 ALELKKKEYE ELKEEKTLFS CWKSENEKLL TQMESEKENL QSKINHLETC LKTQQIKSHE
661 YNERVRTLEM DRENLSVEIR NLHNVLDSKS VEVETQKLAY MELQQKAEFS DQKHQKEIEN
721 MCLKTSQLTG QVEDLEHKLQ LLSNEIMDKD RCYQDLHAEY ESLRDLLKSK DASLVTNEDH
781 QRSLLAFDQQ PAMHHSFANI IGEQGSMPSE RSECRLEADQ SPKNSAILQN RVDSLEFSLE
841 SQKQMNSDLQ KQCEELVQIK GEIEENLMKA EQMHQSFVAE TSQRISKLQE DTSAHQNVVA
901 ETLSALENKE KELQLLNDKV ETEQAEIQEL KKSNHLLEDS LKELQLLSET LSLEKKEMSS
961 IISLNKREIE ELTQENGTLK EINASLNQEK MNLIQKSESF ANYIDEREKS ISELSDQYKQ
1021 EKLILLQRCE ETGNAYEDLS QKYKAAQEKN SKLECLLNEC TSLCENRKNE LEQLKEAFAK
1081 EHQEFLTKLA FAEERNQNLM LELETVQQAL RSEMTDNQNN SKSEAGGLKQ EIMTLKEEQN
1141 KMQKEVNDLL QENEQLMKVM KTKHECQNLE SEPIRNSVKE RESERNQCNF KPQMDLEVKE
1201 ISLDSYNAQL VQLEAMLRNK ELKLQESEKE KECLQHELQT IRGDLETSNL QDMQSQEISG
1261 LKDCEIDAEE KYISGPHELS TSQNDNAHLQ CSLQTTMNKL NELEKICEIL QAEKYELVTE
1321 LNDSRSECIT ATRKMAEEVG KLLNEVKILN DDSGLLHGEL VEDIPGGEFG EQPNEQHPVS
1381 LAPLDESNSY EHLTLSDKEV QMHFAELQEK FLSLQSEHKI LHDQHCQMSS KMSELQTYVD
1441 SLKAENLVLS TNLRNFQGDL VKEMQLGLEE GLVPSLSSSC VPDSSSLSSL GDSSFYRALL
1501 EQTGDMSLLS NLEGAVSANQ CSVDEVFCSS LQEENLTRKE TPSAPAKGVE ELESLCEVYR
1561 QSLEKLEEKM ESQGIMKNKE IQELEQLLSS ERQELDCLRK QYLSENEQWQ QKLTSVTLEM
1621 ESKLAAEKKQ TEQLSLELEV ARLQLQGLDL SSRSLLGIDT EDAIQGRNES CDISKEHTSE
1681 TTERTPKHDV HQICDKDAQQ DLNLDIEKIT ETGAVKPTGE CSGEQSPDTN YEPPGEDKTQ
1741 GSSECISELS FSGPNALVPM DFLGNQEDIH NLQLRVKETS NENLRLLHVI EDRDRKVESL
1801 LNEMKELDSK LHLQEVQLMT KIEACIELEK IVGELKKENS DLSEKLEYFS CDHQELLQRV
1861 ETSEGLNSDL EMHADKSSRE DIGDNVAKVN DSWKERFLDV ENELSRIRSE KASIEHEALY
1921 LEADLEVVQT EKLCLEKDNE NKQKVIVCLE EELSVVTSER NQLRGELDTM SKKTTALDQL
1981 SEKMKEKTQE LESHQSECLH CIQVAEAEVK EKTELLQTLS SDVSELLKDK THLQEKLQSL
2041 EKDSQALSLT KCELENQIAQ LNKEKELLVK ESESLQARLS ESDYEKLNVS KALEAALVEK
2101 GEFALRLSST QEEVHQLRRG IEKLRVRIEA DEKKQLHIAE KLKEREREND SLKDKVENLE
2161 RELQMSEENQ ELVILDAENS KAEVETLKTQ IEEMARSLKV FELDLVTLRS EKENLTKQIQ
2221 EKQGQLSELD KLLSSFKSLL EEKEQAEIQI KEESKTAVEM LQNQLKELNE AVAALCGDQE
2281 IMKATEQSLD PPIEEEHQLR NSIEKLRARL EADEKKQLCV LQQLKESEHH ADLLKGRVEN
2341 LERELEIART NQEHAALEAE NSKGEVETLK AKIEGMTQSL RGLELDVVTI RSEKENLTNE
2401 LQKEQERISE LEIINSSFEN ILQEKEQEKV QMKEKSSTAM EMLQTQLKEL NERVAALHND
2461 QEACKAKEQN LSSQVECLEL EKAQLLQGLD EAKNNYIVLQ SSVNGLIQEV EDGKQKLEKK
2521 DEEISRLKNQ IQDQEQLVSK LSQVEGEHQL WKEQNLELRN LTVELEQKIQ VLQSKNASLQ
2581 DTLEVLQSSY KNLENELELT KMDKMSFVEK VNKMTAKETE LQREMHEMAQ KTAELQEELS
2641 GEKNRLAGEL QLLLEEIKSS KDQLKELTLE NSELKKSLDC MHKDQVEKEG KVREEIAEYQ
2701 LRLHEAEKKH QALLLDTNKQ YEVEIQTYRE KLTSKEECLS SQKLEIDLLK SSKEELNNSL
2761 KATTQILEEL KKTKMDNLKY VNQLKKENER AQGKMKLLIK SCKQLEEEKE ILQKELSQLQ
2821 AAQEKQKTGT VMDTKVDELT TEIKELKETL EEKTKEADEY LDKYCSLLIS HEKLEKAKEM
2881 LETQVAHLCS QQSKQDSRGS PLLGPVVPGP SPIPSVTEKR LSSGQNKASG KRQRSSGIWE
2941 NGRGPTPATP ESFSKKSKKA VMSGIHPAED TEGTEFEPEG LPEVVKKGFA DIPTGKTSPY
3001 ILRRTTMATR TSPRLAAQKL ALSPLSLGKE NLAESSKPTA GGSRSQKVKV AQRSPVDSGT
3061 ILREPTTKSV PVNNLPERSP TDSPREGLRV KRGRLVPSPK AGLESNGSEN CKVQLocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA
Whether an antibody against CENPF can act on the native protein depends on physical access: surface and secreted proteins are reachable by circulating antibodies, intracellular proteins usually are not.
- Antibody reachability
- Intracellular
- Secreted
- No
- Transmembrane segments
- 0
- Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
- 0
- Highest tissue expression
- 24 nTPM
Expression across tissuesHPA
Tissue
- thymus: 24 nTPM
- bone marrow: 20 nTPM
- tonsil: 7.5 nTPM
- testis: 7.3 nTPM
- lymph node: 6.6 nTPM
- rectum: 4.2 nTPM
Single-cell type
- erythrocyte progenitors: 598 nCPM
- monocyte progenitors: 508 nCPM
- megakaryocyte progenitors: 388 nCPM
- late primary spermatocytes: 244 nCPM
- differentiating spermatogonia: 190 nCPM
- neutrophil progenitors: 166 nCPM
Immune cell
- naive CD4 T-cell: 0.2 nTPM
- T-reg: 0.2 nTPM
- memory CD4 T-cell: 0.1 nTPM
- naive CD8 T-cell: 0.1 nTPM
- basophil: 0 nTPM
- classical monocyte: 0 nTPM
Brain region
- pons: 1.2 nTPM
- thalamus: 1.2 nTPM
- choroid plexus: 1.1 nTPM
- medulla oblongata: 0.8 nTPM
- hippocampal formation: 0.7 nTPM
- cerebral cortex: 0.6 nTPM
DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed
Four sources answering four different questions about CENPF.
Disease | AllUniProt
Conditions CENPF is implicated in, by any mechanism.
- Stromme syndrome (STROMS) MIM:243605
Disease | GeneticClinVar
65 pathogenic / likely-pathogenic of 952 ClinVar records.
Conditions with pathogenic or likely-pathogenic variants.
- Stromme syndrome
- CENPF-related disorder
- Neurodevelopmental delay
- Abnormal meiosis
- Female infertility
ReferencesPubMed · IEDB
Publications for CENPF from three distinct lines of evidence, kept separate because they answer different questions: whether antibodies are directed at the protein, whether a B-cell epitope has been mapped on it, and whether a T-cell epitope has. Each is labelled with its source.
Reference: AutoantibodyPubMed
10 publications
- CENPF (+) cancer cells promote malignant progression of early-stage TP53 mutant lung adenocarcinoma.
2025 · Oncogenesis · RCR 2.4 · 7 citations - Historical perspectives on the discovery and elucidation of autoantibodies to centromere proteins (CENP) and the emerging importance of antibodies to CENP-F.
2011 · Autoimmun Rev · RCR 2 · 64 citations - High frequency of neoplasia in patients with autoantibodies to centromere protein CENP-F.
1997 · Clin Invest Med · RCR 1.6 · 61 citations - Apoptosis-induced translocation of centromere protein F in its corresponding autoantibody production in hepatocellular carcinoma.
2021 · Oncoimmunology · RCR 1.3 · 24 citations - An Analysis of Immunoreactive Signatures in Early Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
2015 · EBioMedicine · RCR 1 · 30 citations
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- Correlation between centromere protein-F autoantibodies and cancer analyzed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
2013 · Mol Cancer · RCR 0.7 · 21 citations - Association of serum anti-centromere protein F antibodies with clinical response to infliximab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A prospective study.
2020 · Semin Arthritis Rheum · RCR 0.6 · 10 citations - Prevalence of anticentromere F protein autoantibodies in 347 patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
2005 · Ann N Y Acad Sci · RCR 0.5 · 20 citations - Diseases associated with anti-centromere protein F (anti-CENP-F) antibodies: Insights from a large cohort study.
2025 · Joint Bone Spine · 1 citations - Reporting the CENP-F-like (AC-14) antinuclear antibody pattern in the internet age: a case report.
2026 · Lab Med
Sources: PubMed — antigen-level antibody evidence from a custom retrieval. Records matching a controlled set of autoantibody terms (the MeSH descriptors Autoantibodies and Autoantigens, with title and abstract term variants) were obtained through NCBI E-utilities, and their titles and abstracts parsed for constructions that direct an antibody at a named protein rather than for co-occurrence. Captured names were resolved against UniProt nomenclature and each antigen adjudicated individually against the source text. Bibliographic records from PubMed and MeSH, U.S. National Library of Medicine; citation metrics from NIH iCite (Hutchins et al., PLoS Biology 2016). Titles link to PubMed; abstracts are not reproduced here. The NLM does not endorse this analysis.
Genetic constraint and essentialitygnomAD · DepMap
Does the body need this protein intact? Low LOEUF or a strong DepMap dependency means loss or blockade of the protein is likely to be felt.
- gnomAD LOEUF (loss-of-function intolerance)
- 0.73
- gnomAD pLI
- 0
- gnomAD missense Z
- -0.03
- DepMap mean gene effect
- -0.32
- DepMap dependency class
- selective
Cancer expressionTCGA
Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 8% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).
OntologyGO
Biological processes
- cell differentiation
- cell division
- chromosome segregation
- DNA biosynthetic process
- kidney development
- kinetochore assembly
- metaphase chromosome alignment
- mitotic cell cycle
- mitotic spindle assembly checkpoint signaling
- muscle organ development
- negative regulation of DNA-templated transcription
- protein transport
- regulation of G2/M transition of mitotic cell cycle
- regulation of striated muscle tissue development
- response to xenobiotic stimulus
- ventricular system development
Molecular functions
- chromatin binding
- DNA-binding transcription factor binding
- dynein complex binding
- microtubule binding
- protein homodimerization activity
Cellular components
Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro
- Kinetochore protein Cenp-F/LEK1, Rb protein-binding domain
- Centromere protein Cenp-F, N-terminal
- Centromere protein Cenp-F, leucine-rich repeat-containing domain
- Centromere protein Cenp-F
- Leucine-rich repeats of kinetochore protein Cenp-F/LEK1
- Cenp-F N-terminal domain
- Rb-binding domain of kinetochore protein Cenp-F/LEK1
KeywordsUniProt
InteractionsUniProt · HPA
Protein binding partners of CENPF in the human serome: UniProt-annotated complex subunits plus reported interactors. Each links to its own Seroatlas record.
Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis
Seroatlas reads CENPF as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against CENPF could matter depends on whether native CENPF is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.
CENPF is annotated as predominantly intracellular. Intracellular proteins are common autoantibody markers, becoming visible to the immune system after cell injury or altered processing, but are usually markers of disease rather than direct drivers.
Source-annotated serology context
The source annotations explicitly mention antibody, autoantibody, autoantigen, or autoimmune context. This is biological context, not study-specific reactivity.
- Autoantibodies against this protein have been found in patients with cancer or graft versus host disease.
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