Centrosomal protein of 164 kD (protein Cep164, CEP164, KIAA1052)

Function

• role in microtubule organization &/or maintenance for the formation of primary cilia

Structure

contains 1 WW domain

Compartment

• centrosome, centriole
• localizes specifically to very distally located appendage structures on the mature centrioles
• persist at centrioles throughout mitosis

Alternative splicing

named isoforms=2

Expression

expressed in several cell lines

More general terms

• centrosomal protein

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9UPV0.html