CEP152 is a large coiled-coil scaffold of the pericentriolar material that organizes centriole biogenesis. Together with CEP63 it forms a higher-order cylindrical assembly around the proximal region of a parent centriole. An N-terminal PLK4-binding region recruits and spatially organizes the master centriole-duplication kinase PLK4, while CEP152 also engages CPAP/CENPJ and other centrosomal factors to support procentriole initiation. In specialized multiciliated cells, CEP152 is recruited to DEUP1-positive deuterosomes and supports large-scale centriole amplification. During mitosis, APC/C-dependent turnover of CEP152 releases CEP57 from a CEP152-CEP63-CEP57 complex, enabling pericentrin recruitment and normal spindle assembly. Biallelic CEP152 variants cause primary microcephaly 9 and Seckel syndrome 5.
| GO Term | Evidence | Action | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| GO:0007099 centriole replication | IBA GO_REF:0000033 | ACCEPT | Summary: PAINT node PTN000818649 is CEP152-specific, and centriole replication is independently established by human depletion and PLK4-recruitment experiments. Reason: The phylogenetic inference has coherent scope, although O94986 itself is one of its experimental seeds. |
| GO:0005813 centrosome | IBA GO_REF:0000033 | ACCEPT | Summary: The CEP152-specific PAINT node and extensive human microscopy/biochemistry both place active CEP152 at the centrosome. Reason: The propagated location agrees with multiple independent direct human studies. |
| GO:0005813 centrosome | IEA GO_REF:0000044 | ACCEPT | Summary: UniProt's centrosome location is supported by numerous direct human localization and loss-of-function studies. |
| GO:0005814 centriole | IEA GO_REF:0000044 | ACCEPT | Summary: UniProt's centriole location agrees with super-resolution placement of CEP152 around the proximal parent/daughter centriole region. |
| GO:0005515 protein binding | IPI PMID:21059844 Cep152 acts as a scaffold for recruitment of Plk4 and CPAP t... | MODIFY | Summary: Direct CEP152-PLK4 interaction is well supported, but generic protein binding obscures the informative kinase-binding relationship. Reason: Replace the uninformative generic interaction term with protein kinase binding. Proposed replacements: protein kinase binding |
| GO:0005515 protein binding | IPI PMID:24997597 Molecular basis for unidirectional scaffold switching of hum... | MODIFY | Summary: Structural and cellular experiments establish PLK4 binding by CEP152, for which protein kinase binding is the more informative term. Reason: Replace generic protein binding with the specific supported kinase-binding activity. Proposed replacements: protein kinase binding |
| GO:0005515 protein binding | IPI PMID:26188084 STIL binding to Polo-box 3 of PLK4 regulates centriole dupli... | MODIFY | Summary: The reported interactor is the protein kinase PLK4, so the broad binding term can be made functionally specific. Reason: Use protein kinase binding for the experimentally detected PLK4 interaction. Proposed replacements: protein kinase binding |
| GO:0005515 protein binding | IPI PMID:26297806 Centriolar satellites assemble centrosomal microcephaly prot... | MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED | Summary: CEP131 association is plausible within the centrosomal microcephaly-protein network, but generic protein binding does not describe a biological activity. Reason: Retain the interaction as evidence in the literature record, not as an informative GO molecular function. |
| GO:0005515 protein binding | IPI PMID:26496610 A human interactome in three quantitative dimensions organiz... | MODIFY | Summary: The quantitative interactome detects CEP152 with PLK4; kinase binding is more informative than generic protein binding. Reason: Replace the generic interaction term with protein kinase binding. Proposed replacements: protein kinase binding |
| GO:0005515 protein binding | IPI PMID:26638075 A Dynamic Protein Interaction Landscape of the Human Centros... | MODIFY | Summary: The centrosome-cilium interaction map supports CEP152 association with PLK4, a relationship captured more precisely as kinase binding. Reason: Replace generic protein binding with the specific PLK4-binding molecular function. Proposed replacements: protein kinase binding |
| GO:0005515 protein binding | IPI PMID:35709258 Spatial centrosome proteome of human neural cells uncovers d... | MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED | Summary: MOV10 was recovered in a neural-cell centrosome proximity/interactome study, but the generic binding term supplies no mechanistic function for CEP152. Reason: The high-throughput association is contextual evidence and does not warrant an uninformative binding-function annotation. |
| GO:0007099 centriole replication | IEA GO_REF:0000107 | ACCEPT | Summary: Mouse-to-human orthology transfer is appropriate because direct human depletion studies independently show a requirement for centriole replication. |
| GO:0098535 de novo centriole assembly involved in multi-ciliated epithelial cell differentiation | IEA GO_REF:0000107 | KEEP AS NON CORE | Summary: Mouse multiciliated-cell studies support a conserved CEP152 role in deuterosome-associated centriole amplification, but direct human evidence is limited. Reason: Retain as a credible specialized epithelial context rather than the universal core function. |
| GO:0098536 deuterosome | IEA GO_REF:0000107 | KEEP AS NON CORE | Summary: Mouse Cep152 localizes to DEUP1-positive deuterosomes during multiciliated-cell differentiation; the human call is an orthology transfer. Reason: Retain as a specialized multiciliated-cell location, distinct from the core parent-centriole/PCM site. |
| GO:0030674 protein-macromolecule adaptor activity | IDA PMID:20852615 Asterless is a scaffold for the onset of centriole assembly. | ACCEPT | Summary: CEP152 uses separated regions to engage PLK4 and CPAP/CENPJ, directly supporting a non-catalytic adaptor/scaffold activity. Supporting Evidence: file:human/CEP152/CEP152-deep-research-manual.md CEP152 is a non-enzymatic, coiled-coil scaffold of the pericentriolar material and proximal parent-centriole region. |
| GO:0005813 centrosome | IPI PMID:30858376 Molecular architecture of a cylindrical self-assembly at hum... | ACCEPT | Summary: Biochemical assembly with the centrosomal scaffold CEP63 and cell imaging support centrosomal localization of the complex. |
| GO:0007099 centriole replication | NAS PMID:30858376 Molecular architecture of a cylindrical self-assembly at hum... | ACCEPT | Summary: The cited study shows that disrupting CEP63-CEP152 self-assembly abrogates PLK4-mediated centriole duplication. |
| GO:0051298 centrosome duplication | NAS PMID:30858376 Molecular architecture of a cylindrical self-assembly at hum... | ACCEPT | Summary: Higher-order CEP63-CEP152 assembly is required for the PLK4-dependent centriole pathway that underlies centrosome duplication. |
| GO:0005813 centrosome | IDA GO_REF:0000052 | ACCEPT | Summary: Human Protein Atlas immunofluorescence supports centrosome localization, consistent with gene-specific microscopy studies. |
| GO:0036064 ciliary basal body | IDA GO_REF:0000052 | KEEP AS NON CORE | Summary: Immunofluorescence supports basal-body localization, consistent with the centriole-derived nature of basal bodies. Reason: Basal-body localization is a differentiated ciliary context rather than CEP152's defining centriole-duplication site. |
| GO:0007099 centriole replication | IDA PMID:21059844 Cep152 acts as a scaffold for recruitment of Plk4 and CPAP t... | ACCEPT | Summary: CEP152 depletion prevents centrosomal PLK4 recruitment and normal or PLK4-induced centriole duplication. |
| GO:0120098 procentriole | IDA PMID:24997597 Molecular basis for unidirectional scaffold switching of hum... | ACCEPT | Summary: Super-resolution imaging places CEP152 in the outer ring assembled around the daughter centriole/procentriole site. |
| GO:0120099 procentriole replication complex | IPI PMID:24997597 Molecular basis for unidirectional scaffold switching of hum... | ACCEPT | Summary: CEP152 is a structural member of the PLK4-recruiting procentriole replication scaffold demonstrated by interaction and localization experiments. |
| GO:0005829 cytosol | TAS Reactome:R-HSA-2574840 | KEEP AS NON CORE | Summary: Reactome places CEP152 in a soluble cytosolic pool for this event; the location is plausible but broad and is not an independent localization experiment. |
| GO:0005829 cytosol | TAS Reactome:R-HSA-2574845 | KEEP AS NON CORE | Summary: Reactome places CEP152 in a soluble cytosolic pool for this event; the location is plausible but broad and is not an independent localization experiment. |
| GO:0005829 cytosol | TAS Reactome:R-HSA-3000310 | KEEP AS NON CORE | Summary: Reactome places CEP152 in a soluble cytosolic pool for this event; the location is plausible but broad and is not an independent localization experiment. |
| GO:0005829 cytosol | TAS Reactome:R-HSA-3000319 | KEEP AS NON CORE | Summary: Reactome places CEP152 in a soluble cytosolic pool for this event; the location is plausible but broad and is not an independent localization experiment. |
| GO:0005829 cytosol | TAS Reactome:R-HSA-380272 | KEEP AS NON CORE | Summary: Reactome places CEP152 in a soluble cytosolic pool for this event; the location is plausible but broad and is not an independent localization experiment. |
| GO:0005829 cytosol | TAS Reactome:R-HSA-380283 | KEEP AS NON CORE | Summary: Reactome places CEP152 in a soluble cytosolic pool for this event; the location is plausible but broad and is not an independent localization experiment. |
| GO:0005829 cytosol | TAS Reactome:R-HSA-380294 | KEEP AS NON CORE | Summary: Reactome places CEP152 in a soluble cytosolic pool for this event; the location is plausible but broad and is not an independent localization experiment. |
| GO:0005829 cytosol | TAS Reactome:R-HSA-380303 | KEEP AS NON CORE | Summary: Reactome places CEP152 in a soluble cytosolic pool for this event; the location is plausible but broad and is not an independent localization experiment. |
| GO:0005829 cytosol | TAS Reactome:R-HSA-380311 | KEEP AS NON CORE | Summary: Reactome places CEP152 in a soluble cytosolic pool for this event; the location is plausible but broad and is not an independent localization experiment. |
| GO:0005829 cytosol | TAS Reactome:R-HSA-380316 | KEEP AS NON CORE | Summary: Reactome places CEP152 in a soluble cytosolic pool for this event; the location is plausible but broad and is not an independent localization experiment. |
| GO:0005829 cytosol | TAS Reactome:R-HSA-380455 | KEEP AS NON CORE | Summary: Reactome places CEP152 in a soluble cytosolic pool for this event; the location is plausible but broad and is not an independent localization experiment. |
| GO:0005829 cytosol | TAS Reactome:R-HSA-380508 | KEEP AS NON CORE | Summary: Reactome places CEP152 in a soluble cytosolic pool for this event; the location is plausible but broad and is not an independent localization experiment. |
| GO:0005829 cytosol | TAS Reactome:R-HSA-5617816 | KEEP AS NON CORE | Summary: Reactome places CEP152 in a soluble cytosolic pool for this event; the location is plausible but broad and is not an independent localization experiment. |
| GO:0005829 cytosol | TAS Reactome:R-HSA-5626220 | KEEP AS NON CORE | Summary: Reactome places CEP152 in a soluble cytosolic pool for this event; the location is plausible but broad and is not an independent localization experiment. |
| GO:0005829 cytosol | TAS Reactome:R-HSA-5626223 | KEEP AS NON CORE | Summary: Reactome places CEP152 in a soluble cytosolic pool for this event; the location is plausible but broad and is not an independent localization experiment. |
| GO:0005829 cytosol | TAS Reactome:R-HSA-5626227 | KEEP AS NON CORE | Summary: Reactome places CEP152 in a soluble cytosolic pool for this event; the location is plausible but broad and is not an independent localization experiment. |
| GO:0005829 cytosol | TAS Reactome:R-HSA-5626228 | KEEP AS NON CORE | Summary: Reactome places CEP152 in a soluble cytosolic pool for this event; the location is plausible but broad and is not an independent localization experiment. |
| GO:0005829 cytosol | TAS Reactome:R-HSA-5626681 | KEEP AS NON CORE | Summary: Reactome places CEP152 in a soluble cytosolic pool for this event; the location is plausible but broad and is not an independent localization experiment. |
| GO:0005829 cytosol | TAS Reactome:R-HSA-5626699 | KEEP AS NON CORE | Summary: Reactome places CEP152 in a soluble cytosolic pool for this event; the location is plausible but broad and is not an independent localization experiment. |
| GO:0005829 cytosol | TAS Reactome:R-HSA-5638009 | KEEP AS NON CORE | Summary: Reactome places CEP152 in a soluble cytosolic pool for this event; the location is plausible but broad and is not an independent localization experiment. |
| GO:0005829 cytosol | TAS Reactome:R-HSA-8853405 | KEEP AS NON CORE | Summary: Reactome places CEP152 in a soluble cytosolic pool for this event; the location is plausible but broad and is not an independent localization experiment. |
| GO:0005829 cytosol | TAS Reactome:R-HSA-8853419 | KEEP AS NON CORE | Summary: Reactome places CEP152 in a soluble cytosolic pool for this event; the location is plausible but broad and is not an independent localization experiment. |
| GO:0005515 protein binding | IPI PMID:35849559 The ciliopathy protein CCDC66 controls mitotic progression a... | MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED | Summary: Overexpression co-immunoprecipitation supports association with CCDC66, but generic protein binding is not an informative CEP152 activity. Reason: Preserve the interaction as supporting context rather than a generic GO molecular function. |
| GO:0005813 centrosome | IDA PMID:35849559 The ciliopathy protein CCDC66 controls mitotic progression a... | ACCEPT | Summary: The CCDC66 study directly visualizes CEP152 at centrosomes, consistent with extensive independent localization evidence. |
| GO:0005814 centriole | IDA PMID:32060285 CEP44 ensures the formation of bona fide centriole wall, a r... | ACCEPT | Summary: The CEP44 study uses CEP152 as the PLK4-recruiting centriolar adaptor and directly supports centriolar localization. |
| GO:0005814 centriole | IDA PMID:22020124 The human microcephaly protein STIL interacts with CPAP and ... | ACCEPT | Summary: The cached abstract foregrounds STIL/CPAP rather than the CEP152 assay, but the curator's full-text annotation is strongly corroborated by independent CEP152 localization studies. Reason: Do not overrule an experimental curator annotation from an abstract-only cache when the biological conclusion is independently secure. |
| GO:0000242 pericentriolar material | IDA PMID:26337392 MDM1 is a microtubule-binding protein that negatively regula... | ACCEPT | Summary: Microscopy resolves CEP152 as a ring in the pericentriolar material around centrioles, matching its structural scaffold role. |
| GO:0005814 centriole | IDA PMID:26337392 MDM1 is a microtubule-binding protein that negatively regula... | ACCEPT | Summary: Direct imaging in the cited study supports CEP152 localization at the centriole/pericentriolar interface. |
| GO:0007099 centriole replication | ISS GO_REF:0000024 | ACCEPT | Summary: Curator sequence-similarity transfer is consistent with conserved vertebrate CEP152 architecture and direct human duplication phenotypes. |
| GO:0098535 de novo centriole assembly involved in multi-ciliated epithelial cell differentiation | ISS GO_REF:0000024 | KEEP AS NON CORE | Summary: Sequence-similarity transfer from vertebrate CEP152 is consistent with direct mouse multiciliated-cell evidence. Reason: Retain as a specialized multiciliated epithelial role, not the ubiquitous core process. |
| GO:0098536 deuterosome | ISS GO_REF:0000024 | KEEP AS NON CORE | Summary: The inferred deuterosome localization agrees with direct mouse Cep152 localization during centriole amplification. Reason: Retain as a specialized multiciliated-cell location. |
| GO:0005813 centrosome | IDA PMID:21399614 Novel asymmetrically localizing components of human centroso... | ACCEPT | Summary: Complementary centrosome proteomics and localization experiments identify CEP152 as a human centrosomal component. |
| GO:0005515 protein binding | IPI PMID:20852615 Asterless is a scaffold for the onset of centriole assembly. | MODIFY | Summary: CEP152 binds CENPJ/CPAP through a region distinct from its PLK4-binding region, establishing a two-ended molecular scaffold. Reason: The mechanistic result is better represented by the existing protein-macromolecule adaptor activity annotation. Proposed replacements: protein-macromolecule adaptor activity |
| GO:0005515 protein binding | IPI PMID:21131973 CEP152 is a genome maintenance protein disrupted in Seckel s... | MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED | Summary: The CINP interaction may contribute to the reported genome-maintenance phenotype, but generic protein binding is not an informative molecular function. Reason: The accessible abstract does not establish a more specific CEP152 activity for this contact; do not overinterpret it. |
| GO:0005813 centrosome | IDA PMID:21131973 CEP152 is a genome maintenance protein disrupted in Seckel s... | ACCEPT | Summary: The Seckel-syndrome study identifies CEP152 as a centrosomal protein, consistent with direct localization and disease-allele mislocalization evidence. |
| GO:0019901 protein kinase binding | IPI PMID:20852615 Asterless is a scaffold for the onset of centriole assembly. | ACCEPT | Summary: The CEP152 N-terminal region binds the cryptic Polo-box of the protein kinase PLK4, directly supporting kinase binding. |
| GO:0019901 protein kinase binding | IPI PMID:21059844 Cep152 acts as a scaffold for recruitment of Plk4 and CPAP t... | ACCEPT | Summary: Direct interaction mapping establishes binding between CEP152's N terminus and the PLK4 cryptic Polo-box. |
| GO:0051298 centrosome duplication | IMP PMID:20852615 Asterless is a scaffold for the onset of centriole assembly. | ACCEPT | Summary: CEP152 depletion causes centrosome-duplication failure and overexpression drives amplification, directly supporting the process annotation. |
| GO:0090307 mitotic spindle assembly | IMP PMID:34878135 The APC/C targets the Cep152-Cep63 complex at the centrosome... | NEW | Summary: APC/C-dependent turnover of centrosomal CEP152 releases CEP57 for pericentrin recruitment; stabilizing an APC/C-resistant CEP152 mutant reduces microtubule nucleation and increases chromosome mis-segregation. Reason: This direct human-cell perturbation study establishes a CEP152-dependent mitotic spindle-assembly mechanism that is absent from the current GOA. Supporting Evidence: PMID:34878135 This negative feedback loop controlling APC/C localization is required for proper assembly of the mitotic spindle. |
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Q: Is CEP152 directly required at deuterosomes in human multiciliated epithelia, and how much centriole amplification proceeds through deuterosomes versus parent-centriole-associated or deuterosome-independent routes?
Q: Do the four UniProt CEP152 isoforms differ in centrosomal targeting, partner selection, cell-cycle turnover, or tissue-specific centriole-amplification functions?
Experiment: Engineer endogenous APC/C-resistant and separation-of-function CEP152 alleles in diploid human cells, then combine live-cell imaging of CEP57, pericentrin, microtubule nucleation, and chromosome segregation with rescue by wild-type CEP152 to resolve the mitotic handoff mechanism.
Experiment: Use CRISPR depletion and domain-specific rescue of CEP152 in differentiated human airway organoids, with quantitative imaging of DEUP1, PLK4, nascent centrioles, basal bodies, and cilia, to test the transferred deuterosome and multiciliated-cell annotations directly in human tissue.
Experiment: Compare endogenous isoform-specific tagging and rescue across proliferating cells and multiciliated-cell models, coupled to interaction proteomics, to determine whether CEP152 splice products have distinct localization or scaffold functions.
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