This gene encodes a protein that is highly similar to yeast Nuf2, a component of a conserved protein complex associated with the centromere. Yeast Nuf2 disappears from the centromere during meiotic prophase when centromeres lose their connection to the spindle pole body, and plays a regulatory role in chromosome segregation. The encoded protein is found to be associated with centromeres of mitotic HeLa cells, which suggests that this protein is a functional homolog of yeast Nuf2. Alternatively

Sororin, also designated cell division cycle-associated protein 5 (CDCA5) or p35, functions as a regulator of sister chromatid cohesion during mitosis. It interacts with the APC/C complex and is found in a complex consisting of cohesion components SCC-112, MC1L1, SMC3L1, RAD21 and APRIN. The deduced human and mouse Sororin proteins consist of 252 and 264 amino acid residues, respectively, and both contain a KEN box for APC-dependent ubiquitination. Reserach demonstrates a punctated nuclear

Increases ligand-dependent transcriptional activity of AR and promotes AR sumoylation. The stimulation of AR activity is dependent upon sumoylation.$nTissue specificity:Expressed most abundantly in ovary and, at lower levels, in prostate, spleen and testis. Weak expression, if any, in thymus, small intestine, colon and peripheral blood leukocytes.

LIMK1 is a protein kinase which regulates actin filament dynamics. Phosphorylates and inactivates the actin binding/depolymerizing factor cofilin, thereby stabilizing the actin cytoskeleton. LIMK1 may be involved in brain development; it is highly expressed in both adult and fetal nervous system. Detected ubiquitously throughout the different regions of adult brain, with highest levels in the cerebral cortex. Expressed to a lesser extent in heart and skeletal muscle.

Heparan sulfate structures, which are responsible for executing multiple biologic activities, are generated and regulated by heparan sulfate (HS) biosynthetic enzymes. HS6ST1 (heparan sulfate 6-O-sulfotransferase 1), also known as HS6ST, is a 411 amino acid single-pass type II membrane protein that exists as multiple alternatively spliced isoforms and belongs to the sulfotransferase 6 family. Expressed in fetal brain, HS6ST1 functions as a 6-O-sulfation enzyme that specifically catalyzes the

The product of this gene is a heat-shock transcription factor. Transcription of heat-shock genes is rapidly induced after temperature stress. Hsp90, by itself and/or associated with multichaperone complexes, is a major repressor of this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].