CHMP1A

UniProt ID: Q9HD42
Organism: Homo sapiens
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Gene Description

CHMP1A (Charged Multivesicular Body Protein 1A) is a member of the SNF7 family and a core subunit of the ESCRT-III complex. CHMP1A functions as a membrane-remodeling protein that mediates topologically equivalent membrane fission events at multiple cellular sites. Its primary roles include: (1) MVB/ILV biogenesis at endosomes where it contributes to receptor downregulation and cargo sorting; (2) cytokinetic abscission at the midbody during the final stages of cell division; (3) nuclear envelope reformation following mitosis; (4) plasma membrane repair; and (5) autophagosome maturation. CHMP1A self-associates and interacts with VPS4A/B ATPases for polymer disassembly, and with other ESCRT-III subunits including CHMP1B and IST1. The protein also has a nuclear function related to chromatin condensation through interaction with the Polycomb group protein BMI1. Biallelic loss-of-function mutations in CHMP1A cause pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 8 (PCH8), linking defective MVB/extracellular vesicle biogenesis to neurodevelopmental pathology.

Existing Annotations Review

GO Term Evidence Action Reason
GO:0005771 multivesicular body
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: CHMP1A is an established ESCRT-III subunit that localizes to and functions at multivesicular bodies. As a core component of ESCRT-III, it is involved in MVB formation and ILV biogenesis (PMID:17984323, deep research).
Reason: Well-supported by phylogenetic analysis and consistent with CHMP1A's established role as an ESCRT-III subunit involved in MVB formation and intraluminal vesicle biogenesis.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17984323
The endosomal sorting complexes required for transport (ESCRTs) are required to sort integral membrane proteins into intralumenal vesicles of the multivesicular body (MVB).
file:human/CHMP1A/CHMP1A-deep-research-falcon.md
model: Edison Scientific Literature
GO:0015031 protein transport
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: CHMP1A participates in protein transport as part of the ESCRT-III machinery that sorts cargo into intraluminal vesicles of multivesicular bodies.
Reason: Appropriate general term for ESCRT-III function in cargo sorting. CHMP1A as part of ESCRT-III is essential for the transport and sorting of ubiquitinated proteins to lysosomes.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11559748
CHMP1 functions as a member of a newly defined family of vesicle trafficking proteins.
GO:0032509 endosome transport via multivesicular body sorting pathway
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: CHMP1A is an ESCRT-III component essential for the MVB sorting pathway that mediates cargo transport from endosomes to lysosomes.
Reason: Core function annotation. CHMP1A participates in the MVB sorting pathway as part of ESCRT-III, which forms polymeric assemblies that mediate membrane fission for ILV formation.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16554368
this ESCRT subunit, like Tsg101, is important for degradation of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor (EGFR) and for transport of the receptor from early endosomes to lysosomes
GO:0045324 late endosome to vacuole transport
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: CHMP1A functions in late endosome to lysosome transport as part of the ESCRT-III complex. This is a conserved function across eukaryotes.
Reason: Phylogenetically conserved function of ESCRT-III. The mammalian equivalent of vacuolar transport is lysosomal delivery, which requires functional ESCRT-III for MVB-lysosome fusion.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17984323
functional MVBs are also required for efficient clearance of the expanded polyglutamine aggregates
GO:0000815 ESCRT III complex
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: CHMP1A is a core subunit of the ESCRT-III complex, belonging to the SNF7 family. It self-associates and interacts with other ESCRT-III components.
Reason: Definitive membership in ESCRT-III complex. CHMP1A is classified in the SNF7 family and biochemically characterized as an ESCRT-III subunit (UniProt, PMID:14505570, PMID:14519844).
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:14505570
The protein network of HIV budding
PMID:14519844
Divergent retroviral late-budding domains recruit vacuolar protein sorting factors
GO:0000776 kinetochore
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
ACCEPT
Summary: ESCRT-III components have been reported at kinetochores. This annotation is supported by experimental evidence from PMID:26040712 showing ESCRT-III localization at spindle-related structures.
Reason: IEA annotation consistent with experimental evidence (PMID:26040712). CHMP1A depletion causes mitotic defects including chromosome alignment problems (PMID:20616062).
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26040712
Here we show that endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT)-III, previously found to promote membrane constriction and sealing during receptor sorting, virus budding, cytokinesis and plasma membrane repair, is transiently recruited to the reassembling nuclear envelope during late anaphase
GO:0001778 plasma membrane repair
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
ACCEPT
Summary: ESCRT machinery is required for plasma membrane repair. This is a documented ESCRT-III function demonstrated in PMID:24482116.
Reason: Well-supported ESCRT-III function. The Science paper demonstrates that ESCRT proteins are recruited within seconds to plasma membrane wounds and mediate repair via extracellular shedding.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:24482116
ESCRT machinery is required for plasma membrane repair...ESCRT proteins were recruited within seconds to plasma membrane wounds
GO:0005643 nuclear pore
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: ESCRT-III is involved in nuclear pore quality control and NPC surveillance, sealing the nuclear envelope at sites where it engulfs structures.
Reason: While ESCRT-III localizes near nuclear pores during nuclear envelope reformation and participates in NPC quality control (deep research: Keeley & Coyne 2024), this is not a permanent localization but rather a transient function during mitotic exit.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26040713
Here we show that the endosomal sorting complex required for transport-III (ESCRT-III) machinery localizes to sites of annular fusion in the forming NE in human cells, and is necessary for proper post-mitotic nucleo-cytoplasmic compartmentalization
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
IEA
GO_REF:0000044
ACCEPT
Summary: CHMP1A has cytoplasmic localization as documented in UniProt annotations.
Reason: Basic localization annotation consistent with UniProt subcellular location data. The cytoplasmic form is partially membrane-associated (UniProt).
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11559748
CHMP1 functions as a member of a newly defined family of vesicle trafficking proteins
GO:0005765 lysosomal membrane
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
ACCEPT
Summary: ESCRT-III components localize to lysosomal membranes in the context of autophagosome-lysosome fusion and MVB-lysosome fusion.
Reason: Consistent with ESCRT-III function in autophagy and endolysosomal trafficking. Experimental evidence from PMID:17984323 supports this localization.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17984323
Functional multivesicular bodies are required for autophagic clearance
GO:0005828 kinetochore microtubule
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: ESCRT-III has roles at spindle microtubules. CHMP1A depletion affects spindle organization (PMID:20616062).
Reason: While ESCRT-III/VPS4 proteins function at spindles and their depletion affects mitotic spindle organization, the direct localization to kinetochore microtubules is less well characterized for CHMP1A specifically compared to other ESCRT-III subunits.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20616062
depletion of individual ESCRT-III and VPS4 proteins also altered centrosome and spindle pole numbers, producing multipolar spindles
GO:0006351 DNA-templated transcription
IEA
GO_REF:0000043
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: CHMP1A was originally characterized as having chromatin-modifying activity and affecting gene expression through interaction with Polycomb group proteins.
Reason: The nuclear function of CHMP1A in transcriptional regulation through PcG protein BMI1 is documented (PMID:11559747) but is secondary to its primary ESCRT-III membrane fission functions.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11559747
CHMP1 can recruit a PcG protein, BMI1, to these regions of condensed chromatin
GO:0007034 vacuolar transport
IEA
GO_REF:0000002
ACCEPT
Summary: CHMP1A is involved in vacuolar/lysosomal transport as an ESCRT-III subunit. The Snf7 domain (IPR005024) is characteristic of proteins involved in MVB sorting.
Reason: InterPro-based annotation consistent with CHMP1A's role as an ESCRT-III/Snf7 family member involved in endolysosomal trafficking.
GO:0007080 mitotic metaphase chromosome alignment
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: ESCRT-III depletion causes chromosome alignment defects. This is experimentally demonstrated for CHMP1A (PMID:20616062).
Reason: While CHMP1A depletion affects chromosome alignment, this is a secondary consequence of centrosome/spindle dysfunction rather than a direct function in alignment.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20616062
causing defects in chromosome segregation and nuclear morphology
GO:0010008 endosome membrane
IEA
GO_REF:0000044
ACCEPT
Summary: CHMP1A localizes to endosomal membranes as part of ESCRT-III function in MVB formation.
Reason: Core localization for ESCRT-III function. UniProt documents endosome membrane association.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11559748
Immunocytochemistry and biochemical fractionation localize CHMP1 to early endosomes
GO:0015031 protein transport
IEA
GO_REF:0000043
ACCEPT
Summary: CHMP1A functions in protein transport as an ESCRT-III component involved in cargo sorting.
Reason: Duplicate of IBA annotation with same GO term. Both are valid; this IEA is from UniProtKB keyword mapping and is consistent with the phylogenetically-inferred annotation.
GO:0016363 nuclear matrix
IEA
GO_REF:0000044
ACCEPT
Summary: CHMP1A has a nuclear form that associates with the nuclear matrix, documented experimentally.
Reason: Experimentally validated localization (PMID:11559747). The nuclear form of CHMP1A remains associated with the chromosome scaffold during mitosis.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11559747
CHMP1 contains a predicted bipartite nuclear localization signal and distributes as distinct forms to the cytoplasm and the nuclear matrix in all cell lines tested
GO:0030496 midbody
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
ACCEPT
Summary: CHMP1A localizes to the midbody during cytokinesis as part of the ESCRT-III abscission machinery.
Reason: Core localization for cytokinetic function. ESCRT-III is recruited to the midbody for abscission (PMID:20616062, PMID:26040712).
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20616062
VPS4 proteins concentrated at spindle poles during mitosis and then at midbodies during cytokinesis
GO:0031468 nuclear membrane reassembly
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
ACCEPT
Summary: ESCRT-III is required for nuclear envelope reformation after mitosis. Two Nature papers in 2015 established this function.
Reason: Well-documented ESCRT-III function. PMID:26040712 and PMID:26040713 demonstrate ESCRT-III role in sealing the nuclear envelope during telophase.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26040713
Here we show that the endosomal sorting complex required for transport-III (ESCRT-III) machinery localizes to sites of annular fusion in the forming NE in human cells, and is necessary for proper post-mitotic nucleo-cytoplasmic compartmentalization
GO:0032585 multivesicular body membrane
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
ACCEPT
Summary: CHMP1A localizes to MVB membranes as part of ESCRT-III function in ILV formation.
Reason: Core localization. Experimentally supported by PMID:16554368.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16554368
this ESCRT subunit, like Tsg101, is important for degradation of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor (EGFR) and for transport of the receptor from early endosomes to lysosomes
GO:0039702 viral budding via host ESCRT complex
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: ESCRT-III is hijacked by enveloped viruses including HIV for budding. CHMP1A is part of this machinery.
Reason: This is a documented ESCRT-III function in viral budding (PMID:14505570, PMID:24878737), but represents viral exploitation of the cellular machinery rather than an endogenous core function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:14505570
The protein network of HIV budding
GO:0043162 ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process via the multivesicular body sorting pathway
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
ACCEPT
Summary: ESCRT-III sorts ubiquitinated cargo into ILVs for lysosomal degradation.
Reason: Core function of the ESCRT pathway. Ubiquitinated proteins are sorted into MVBs and delivered to lysosomes for degradation (PMID:17984323).
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17984323
leading to accumulation of protein aggregates containing ubiquitinated proteins
GO:0046761 viral budding from plasma membrane
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: ESCRT-III is used by viruses for budding from the plasma membrane.
Reason: Documented ESCRT-III function in viral budding (PMID:24878737), but represents viral exploitation rather than an endogenous function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:24878737
Structure of cellular ESCRT-III spirals and their relationship to HIV budding
GO:0051301 cell division
IEA
GO_REF:0000043
ACCEPT
Summary: CHMP1A functions in cell division through its role in cytokinetic abscission and centrosome maintenance.
Reason: Well-supported by experimental evidence (PMID:20616062, PMID:19129479). ESCRT-III depletion blocks abscission.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20616062
depletion of VPS4A, VPS4B, or any of the 11 different human ESCRT-III (CHMP) proteins inhibited abscission
GO:0061952 midbody abscission
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
ACCEPT
Summary: CHMP1A is required for cytokinetic abscission at the midbody.
Reason: Core function. ESCRT-III mediates the final membrane fission step of cytokinesis. Depletion of CHMP1A impairs abscission (PMID:20616062, deep research).
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20616062
The ESCRT pathway helps mediate the final abscission step of cytokinesis
GO:0071985 multivesicular body sorting pathway
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
ACCEPT
Summary: CHMP1A is an ESCRT-III subunit essential for the MVB sorting pathway.
Reason: Core function. CHMP1A as part of ESCRT-III is required for MVB formation and cargo sorting (PMID:16554368).
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16554368
this ESCRT subunit, like Tsg101, is important for degradation of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor (EGFR) and for transport of the receptor from early endosomes to lysosomes
GO:0097352 autophagosome maturation
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
ACCEPT
Summary: ESCRT-III is required for autophagosome maturation and fusion with lysosomes.
Reason: Functional MVBs are required for autophagy (PMID:17984323). ESCRT depletion causes accumulation of protein aggregates due to impaired autophagic degradation.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17984323
autophagic degradation is inhibited in cells depleted of ESCRT subunits
GO:1901673 regulation of mitotic spindle assembly
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: ESCRT-III/VPS4 depletion affects spindle assembly and centrosome numbers.
Reason: While ESCRT-III depletion causes spindle defects (PMID:20616062), the mechanistic role is likely indirect through centrosome maintenance rather than direct regulation of spindle assembly.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20616062
depletion of individual ESCRT-III and VPS4 proteins also altered centrosome and spindle pole numbers
GO:1902774 late endosome to lysosome transport
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
ACCEPT
Summary: CHMP1A functions in late endosome to lysosome transport as part of ESCRT-III.
Reason: Core endolysosomal trafficking function. MVBs fuse with lysosomes to deliver cargo for degradation (PMID:17984323, PMID:16505166).
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17984323
functional MVBs are required for clearance of TDP-43
GO:1904930 amphisome membrane
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
ACCEPT
Summary: CHMP1A localizes to amphisome membranes, structures formed by autophagosome-endosome fusion.
Reason: Consistent with ESCRT-III function in autophagy and the requirement for functional MVBs in autophagic clearance (PMID:17984323).
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:16730941
A systematic analysis of human CHMP protein interactions; ad...
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: CHMP1A binds multiple ESCRT-related proteins including STAMBP, CHMP1B, and VPS4A.
Reason: Generic protein binding is not informative. The specific interactions documented in this paper (ESCRT-III components, MIT domain proteins) are more informative. Consider more specific terms like ESCRT complex binding.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16730941
May 30. A systematic analysis of human CHMP protein interactions: additional MIT domain-containing proteins bind to multiple components of the human ESCRT III complex.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:17711858
The MIT domain of UBPY constitutes a CHMP binding and endoso...
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Documents UBPY (USP8) and STAMBP interactions with CHMP1A via MIT domains.
Reason: Generic protein binding. The paper documents specific interactions with deubiquitinating enzymes via MIT domain recognition of CHMP1A.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17711858
2007 Aug 21. The MIT domain of UBPY constitutes a CHMP binding and endosomal localization signal required for efficient epidermal growth factor receptor degradation.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:19302785
Ab initio protein modelling reveals novel human MIT domains.
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Ab initio modeling identifies MIT domain proteins that interact with CHMP1A.
Reason: Generic protein binding annotation from a structural modeling study. More specific molecular function terms would be more informative.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:19302785
2009 Feb 12. Ab initio protein modelling reveals novel human MIT domains.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:21988832
Toward an understanding of the protein interaction network o...
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: High-throughput interactome study identifying CHMP1A interactions.
Reason: Generic protein binding from a large-scale study. Not informative about specific molecular function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21988832
Toward an understanding of the protein interaction network of the human liver.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:28514442
Architecture of the human interactome defines protein commun...
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Large-scale interactome mapping study.
Reason: Generic protein binding annotation from high-throughput study.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:28514442
Architecture of the human interactome defines protein communities and disease networks.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:32296183
A reference map of the human binary protein interactome.
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Reference map of human binary protein interactome identifies CHMP1A interactions.
Reason: Generic protein binding from systematic interactome study.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:32296183
Apr 8. A reference map of the human binary protein interactome.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:32814053
Interactome Mapping Provides a Network of Neurodegenerative ...
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Interactome study of neurodegenerative disease proteins identifies CHMP1A interactions with huntingtin (HTT), alpha-synuclein (SNCA).
Reason: Generic protein binding. The interactions with disease proteins are interesting but the generic term is not informative.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:32814053
Interactome Mapping Provides a Network of Neurodegenerative Disease Proteins and Uncovers Widespread Protein Aggregation in Affected Brains.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:33961781
Dual proteome-scale networks reveal cell-specific remodeling...
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Dual proteome-scale network study.
Reason: Generic protein binding from high-throughput study.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:33961781
2021 May 6. Dual proteome-scale networks reveal cell-specific remodeling of the human interactome.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:35271311
OpenCell Endogenous tagging for the cartography of human cel...
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: OpenCell endogenous tagging study.
Reason: Generic protein binding annotation.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:35271311
2022 Mar 11. OpenCell: Endogenous tagging for the cartography of human cellular organization.
GO:0042802 identical protein binding
IPI
PMID:16730941
A systematic analysis of human CHMP protein interactions; ad...
ACCEPT
Summary: CHMP1A self-associates to form polymeric assemblies characteristic of ESCRT-III.
Reason: ESCRT-III proteins self-associate to form membrane-remodeling polymers. This is a functionally important activity (PMID:16730941, UniProt).
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:14519844
In particular, interactions between ESCRT-I and ESCRT-III are bridged by AIP-1/ALIX
PMID:16730941
May 30. A systematic analysis of human CHMP protein interactions: additional MIT domain-containing proteins bind to multiple components of the human ESCRT III complex.
GO:0042802 identical protein binding
IPI
PMID:32296183
A reference map of the human binary protein interactome.
ACCEPT
Summary: Confirmation of CHMP1A self-association in systematic interactome study.
Reason: Duplicate evidence for self-association, which is functionally important for ESCRT-III polymer formation.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:32296183
Apr 8. A reference map of the human binary protein interactome.
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
IDA
GO_REF:0000052
ACCEPT
Summary: HPA immunofluorescence data shows CHMP1A in nucleoplasm.
Reason: Consistent with CHMP1A having both cytoplasmic and nuclear forms (PMID:11559747).
GO:0005829 cytosol
IDA
GO_REF:0000052
ACCEPT
Summary: HPA data shows cytosolic localization.
Reason: Consistent with UniProt annotation. ESCRT-III proteins cycle between cytosolic and membrane-associated states.
GO:0000421 autophagosome membrane
IDA
PMID:17984323
Functional multivesicular bodies are required for autophagic...
ACCEPT
Summary: ESCRT-III localizes to autophagosome membranes where functional MVBs are required for autophagic clearance.
Reason: Experimentally demonstrated localization relevant to ESCRT-III function in autophagy.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17984323
autophagic degradation is inhibited in cells depleted of ESCRT subunits
GO:0000776 kinetochore
IDA
PMID:26040712
Spastin and ESCRT-III coordinate mitotic spindle disassembly...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: ESCRT-III localizes to kinetochore regions during mitosis as demonstrated by imaging in this study.
Reason: While the localization is experimentally demonstrated, the functional significance of ESCRT-III at kinetochores is not fully characterized.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20616062
CHMP3 and CHMP4, were recently reported to localize to kinetochores in a global screen for proteins with possible mitotic functions
PMID:26040712
Spastin and ESCRT-III coordinate mitotic spindle disassembly and nuclear envelope sealing.
GO:0001778 plasma membrane repair
IDA
PMID:24482116
ESCRT machinery is required for plasma membrane repair.
ACCEPT
Summary: ESCRT machinery is rapidly recruited to plasma membrane wounds and is required for repair.
Reason: Well-documented ESCRT-III function demonstrated with direct experimental evidence.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:24482116
ESCRT proteins were recruited within seconds to plasma membrane wounds...repair of certain wounds is ensured by ESCRT-mediated extracellular shedding
GO:0005765 lysosomal membrane
IDA
PMID:17984323
Functional multivesicular bodies are required for autophagic...
ACCEPT
Summary: ESCRT-III localizes to lysosomal membranes in the context of autophagosome-lysosome fusion.
Reason: Experimentally demonstrated localization consistent with ESCRT-III role in autophagy and endolysosomal trafficking.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17984323
Functional multivesicular bodies are required for autophagic clearance of protein aggregates associated with neurodegenerative disease.
GO:0005828 kinetochore microtubule
IDA
PMID:26040712
Spastin and ESCRT-III coordinate mitotic spindle disassembly...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: ESCRT-III localizes to spindle structures during mitosis.
Reason: Localization demonstrated but the direct functional role at kinetochore microtubules is not fully characterized for CHMP1A.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26040712
Spastin and ESCRT-III coordinate mitotic spindle disassembly and nuclear envelope sealing.
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
IDA
PMID:24878737
Structure of cellular ESCRT-III spirals and their relationsh...
ACCEPT
Summary: ESCRT-III spirals form at the plasma membrane during viral budding studies.
Reason: Experimentally demonstrated localization. ESCRT-III functions at the plasma membrane for viral budding and membrane repair.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:24878737
Structure of cellular ESCRT-III spirals and their relationship to HIV budding
GO:0006914 autophagy
IMP
PMID:17984323
Functional multivesicular bodies are required for autophagic...
ACCEPT
Summary: ESCRT depletion inhibits autophagic degradation, causing accumulation of protein aggregates.
Reason: Well-documented requirement for functional MVBs in autophagy.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17984323
autophagic degradation is inhibited in cells depleted of ESCRT subunits
GO:0006997 nucleus organization
IMP
PMID:20616062
Human ESCRT-III and VPS4 proteins are required for centrosom...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: ESCRT-III depletion causes defects in nuclear morphology.
Reason: Nuclear defects are observed upon ESCRT-III depletion but this may be secondary to other mitotic defects rather than a direct nuclear organization role.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20616062
causing defects in chromosome segregation and nuclear morphology
GO:0007080 mitotic metaphase chromosome alignment
IMP
PMID:20616062
Human ESCRT-III and VPS4 proteins are required for centrosom...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: ESCRT-III depletion causes chromosome alignment defects.
Reason: Chromosome alignment defects are likely secondary to spindle/centrosome dysfunction rather than a direct role in alignment.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20616062
causing defects in chromosome segregation
GO:0030496 midbody
IDA
PMID:26040712
Spastin and ESCRT-III coordinate mitotic spindle disassembly...
ACCEPT
Summary: CHMP1A localizes to the midbody during cytokinesis.
Reason: Core localization for cytokinetic function. ESCRT-III is recruited to the midbody for abscission.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20616062
VPS4 proteins concentrated...at midbodies during cytokinesis
PMID:26040712
Spastin and ESCRT-III coordinate mitotic spindle disassembly and nuclear envelope sealing.
GO:0031468 nuclear membrane reassembly
IMP
PMID:26040713
ESCRT-III controls nuclear envelope reformation.
ACCEPT
Summary: ESCRT-III is required for sealing the nuclear envelope during telophase.
Reason: Core function demonstrated by functional studies. ESCRT-III mediates annular fusion to seal the reforming nuclear envelope.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26040713
Here we show that the endosomal sorting complex required for transport-III (ESCRT-III) machinery localizes to sites of annular fusion in the forming NE in human cells, and is necessary for proper post-mitotic nucleo-cytoplasmic compartmentalization
GO:0032585 multivesicular body membrane
IDA
PMID:16554368
The ESCRT-III subunit hVps24 is required for degradation but...
ACCEPT
Summary: ESCRT-III localizes to MVB membranes for ILV formation.
Reason: Core localization for ESCRT-III function in MVB biogenesis.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16554368
this ESCRT subunit, like Tsg101, is important for degradation of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor (EGFR) and for transport of the receptor from early endosomes to lysosomes
GO:0036258 multivesicular body assembly
NAS
PMID:16505166
Recycling of ESCRTs by the AAA-ATPase Vps4 is regulated by a...
ACCEPT
Summary: CHMP1A participates in MVB assembly as an ESCRT-III subunit.
Reason: Core function. ESCRT-III is required for MVB assembly and ILV formation.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16505166
Recycling of ESCRTs by the AAA-ATPase Vps4 is regulated by a conserved VSL region in Vta1
GO:0039702 viral budding via host ESCRT complex
IDA
PMID:24878737
Structure of cellular ESCRT-III spirals and their relationsh...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: ESCRT-III spirals form during HIV budding as visualized in this structural study.
Reason: Documented ESCRT-III function but represents viral exploitation rather than endogenous function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:24878737
Structure of cellular ESCRT-III spirals and their relationship to HIV budding
GO:0043162 ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process via the multivesicular body sorting pathway
IDA
PMID:17984323
Functional multivesicular bodies are required for autophagic...
ACCEPT
Summary: ESCRT is required for degradation of ubiquitinated proteins via the MVB pathway.
Reason: Core ESCRT pathway function in targeting ubiquitinated proteins for lysosomal degradation.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17984323
leading to accumulation of protein aggregates containing ubiquitinated proteins
GO:0046761 viral budding from plasma membrane
IDA
PMID:24878737
Structure of cellular ESCRT-III spirals and their relationsh...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: ESCRT-III forms spirals at the plasma membrane during HIV budding.
Reason: Documented ESCRT-III function in viral budding but represents viral exploitation of cellular machinery.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:24878737
Structure of cellular ESCRT-III spirals and their relationship to HIV budding.
GO:0051469 vesicle fusion with vacuole
NAS
PMID:16505166
Recycling of ESCRTs by the AAA-ATPase Vps4 is regulated by a...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: ESCRT-III participates in MVB-lysosome fusion pathway.
Reason: While ESCRTs are involved in the MVB pathway, the direct role in fusion (as opposed to MVB formation) is less well characterized.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16505166
Recycling of ESCRTs by the AAA-ATPase Vps4 is regulated by a conserved VSL region in Vta1.
GO:0061763 multivesicular body-lysosome fusion
NAS
PMID:16505166
Recycling of ESCRTs by the AAA-ATPase Vps4 is regulated by a...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: ESCRT function is required for MVB-lysosome fusion pathway.
Reason: The primary ESCRT-III role is in MVB formation rather than the fusion step, which involves SNARE machinery.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16505166
Recycling of ESCRTs by the AAA-ATPase Vps4 is regulated by a conserved VSL region in Vta1.
GO:0061952 midbody abscission
IMP
PMID:20616062
Human ESCRT-III and VPS4 proteins are required for centrosom...
ACCEPT
Summary: ESCRT-III depletion inhibits cytokinetic abscission.
Reason: Core function. ESCRT-III mediates the final membrane fission step of cytokinesis.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20616062
depletion of VPS4A, VPS4B, or any of the 11 different human ESCRT-III (CHMP) proteins inhibited abscission
GO:0071985 multivesicular body sorting pathway
IDA
PMID:16554368
The ESCRT-III subunit hVps24 is required for degradation but...
ACCEPT
Summary: CHMP1A functions in the MVB sorting pathway as an ESCRT-III subunit.
Reason: Core function. ESCRT-III is essential for the MVB sorting pathway.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16554368
this ESCRT subunit, like Tsg101, is important for degradation of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor (EGFR)
GO:0090148 membrane fission
NAS
PMID:19234443
Membrane scission by the ESCRT-III complex.
ACCEPT
Summary: ESCRT-III mediates membrane scission at MVBs, midbody, and other sites.
Reason: Core molecular function of ESCRT-III. The complex mediates topologically equivalent membrane fission events.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:19234443
Membrane scission by the ESCRT-III complex
GO:0097352 autophagosome maturation
IMP
PMID:17984323
Functional multivesicular bodies are required for autophagic...
ACCEPT
Summary: Functional MVBs are required for autophagosome maturation and autophagic clearance.
Reason: Experimentally demonstrated. ESCRT depletion causes accumulation of protein aggregates.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17984323
autophagic degradation is inhibited in cells depleted of ESCRT subunits
GO:1901673 regulation of mitotic spindle assembly
IMP
PMID:20616062
Human ESCRT-III and VPS4 proteins are required for centrosom...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: ESCRT-III depletion affects spindle organization.
Reason: Spindle defects likely result from centrosome dysfunction rather than direct regulation of spindle assembly.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20616062
depletion of individual ESCRT-III and VPS4 proteins also altered centrosome and spindle pole numbers
GO:1902774 late endosome to lysosome transport
IMP
PMID:17984323
Functional multivesicular bodies are required for autophagic...
ACCEPT
Summary: ESCRT is required for efficient transport from late endosomes to lysosomes.
Reason: Core endolysosomal trafficking function demonstrated by functional studies.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17984323
functional MVBs are required for clearance
GO:1904930 amphisome membrane
IDA
PMID:17984323
Functional multivesicular bodies are required for autophagic...
ACCEPT
Summary: ESCRT-III localizes to amphisome membranes.
Reason: Consistent with ESCRT-III function in autophagy. Amphisomes are intermediates in autophagosome-lysosome fusion.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17984323
Functional multivesicular bodies are required for autophagic clearance of protein aggregates associated with neurodegenerative disease.
GO:0007076 mitotic chromosome condensation
IDA
PMID:11559747
CHMP1 is a novel nuclear matrix protein affecting chromatin ...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: CHMP1A was originally characterized as affecting chromatin condensation. Overexpressed CHMP1A localizes to condensed chromatin.
Reason: While documented in the original characterization paper, this appears to be a secondary nuclear function. The IDA evidence is based on overexpression.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11559747
Overexpressed CHMP1 localizes to a punctate subnuclear pattern, encapsulating regions of nuclease-resistant, condensed chromatin
GO:0010629 negative regulation of gene expression
IDA
PMID:11559747
CHMP1 is a novel nuclear matrix protein affecting chromatin ...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: CHMP1A recruits BMI1 and affects gene silencing through Polycomb group interaction.
Reason: Secondary nuclear function. The PcG interaction is documented but is not the primary ESCRT-III membrane fission function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11559747
CHMP1 can recruit a PcG protein, BMI1, to these regions of condensed chromatin...consistent with a role in PcG function
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9610942
ACCEPT
Summary: Reactome annotation for HCMV final envelopment complex formation.
Reason: Cytosolic localization is consistent with ESCRT-III biology. The soluble pool is recruited to membranes upon activation.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9610954
ACCEPT
Summary: Reactome annotation for HCMV final envelopment.
Reason: Duplicate cytosol annotation from Reactome pathway.
GO:0036258 multivesicular body assembly
NAS
PMID:20588296
Membrane budding and scission by the ESCRT machinery: it's a...
ACCEPT
Summary: Review article on ESCRT-mediated membrane budding and scission.
Reason: Core function of ESCRT-III in MVB assembly is well established.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20588296
Membrane budding and scission by the ESCRT machinery
GO:0039702 viral budding via host ESCRT complex
NAS
PMID:20588296
Membrane budding and scission by the ESCRT machinery: it's a...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Review discusses ESCRT role in viral budding.
Reason: Viral budding is a documented ESCRT function but represents exploitation of cellular machinery.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20588296
Jun 30. Membrane budding and scission by the ESCRT machinery: it's all in the neck.
GO:1904903 ESCRT III complex disassembly
NAS
PMID:20588296
Membrane budding and scission by the ESCRT machinery: it's a...
ACCEPT
Summary: VPS4 disassembles ESCRT-III polymers. CHMP1A participates in this cycle.
Reason: VPS4-mediated disassembly is essential for ESCRT-III recycling and function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16505166
Recycling of ESCRTs by the AAA-ATPase Vps4
PMID:20588296
Jun 30. Membrane budding and scission by the ESCRT machinery: it's all in the neck.
GO:0051301 cell division
IMP
PMID:19129479
Biochemical analyses of human IST1 and its function in cytok...
ACCEPT
Summary: IST1 functional studies demonstrate requirement for ESCRT-III in cell division.
Reason: Core function. ESCRT-III is required for cytokinetic abscission.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:19129479
Biochemical analyses of human IST1 and its function in cytokinesis
GO:0010824 regulation of centrosome duplication
IMP
PMID:20616062
Human ESCRT-III and VPS4 proteins are required for centrosom...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: ESCRT-III depletion causes centrosome amplification.
Reason: Centrosome defects are observed but the mechanistic role is not fully understood. May involve indirect effects through endosomal trafficking.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20616062
approximately 80% of HeLa cells lacking VPS4B exhibited multiple centrosomes
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:14519844
Divergent retroviral late-budding domains recruit vacuolar p...
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Documents CHMP1A interactions with CHMP1B and VPS4A in the context of retroviral budding.
Reason: Generic protein binding. The specific interactions documented are more informative than this generic term.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:14519844
Divergent retroviral late-budding domains recruit vacuolar protein sorting factors by using alternative adaptor proteins.
GO:0042803 protein homodimerization activity
IPI
PMID:14519844
Divergent retroviral late-budding domains recruit vacuolar p...
ACCEPT
Summary: CHMP1A self-associates.
Reason: Self-association is important for ESCRT-III polymer formation.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:14519844
Divergent retroviral late-budding domains recruit vacuolar protein sorting factors
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:14505570
The protein network of HIV budding.
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: HIV budding protein network study documenting ESCRT interactions.
Reason: Generic protein binding. Specific interactions with VPS4A, VPS4B, CHMP1B are more informative.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:14505570
The protein network of HIV budding.
GO:0042803 protein homodimerization activity
IPI
PMID:14505570
The protein network of HIV budding.
ACCEPT
Summary: CHMP1A self-association documented.
Reason: Functionally important self-association for polymer formation.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:14505570
The protein network of HIV budding.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:23045692
ESCRT-III binding protein MITD1 is involved in cytokinesis a...
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Documents CHMP1A interaction with MITD1 via C-terminal motif.
Reason: Generic protein binding. The specific interaction with MITD1 for cytokinesis is more informative.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23045692
ESCRT-III binding protein MITD1 is involved in cytokinesis and has an unanticipated PLD fold that binds membranes.
GO:0070062 extracellular exosome
HDA
PMID:19056867
Large-scale proteomics and phosphoproteomics of urinary exos...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: CHMP1A identified in urinary exosome proteomics.
Reason: Detection in exosomes may reflect ESCRT-III role in MVB/exosome biogenesis or could be incidental. Not a core localization.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:19056867
2008 Dec 3. Large-scale proteomics and phosphoproteomics of urinary exosomes.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:19129480
Essential role of hIST1 in cytokinesis.
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: IST1 binds CHMP1A for cytokinesis function.
Reason: Generic protein binding. The specific IST1 interaction is documented in the protein domain specific binding annotation.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:19129480
Jan 7. Essential role of hIST1 in cytokinesis.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:19129479
Biochemical analyses of human IST1 and its function in cytok...
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Biochemical study of IST1-CHMP1A interaction.
Reason: Generic protein binding.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:19129479
Jan 7. Biochemical analyses of human IST1 and its function in cytokinesis.
GO:0019904 protein domain specific binding
IPI
PMID:17928862
ESCRT-III recognition by VPS4 ATPases.
ACCEPT
Summary: CHMP1A C-terminal MIM motif binds VPS4 MIT domain. Structural characterization of the interaction.
Reason: Specific and functionally important interaction. The VPS4 MIT domain recognizes ESCRT-III MIM motifs for complex disassembly.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17928862
ESCRT-III recognition by VPS4 ATPases
GO:0008237 metallopeptidase activity
TAS
PMID:8863740
Molecular cloning, expression and chromosomal localization o...
REMOVE
Summary: This annotation is erroneous. The original 1996 paper incorrectly translated the PRSM1 ORF and proposed metallopeptidase function based on a spurious zinc metalloprotease motif.
Reason: UniProt explicitly notes this was "based on a wrong translation of the ORF which gave rise to a putative protein of 318 AA containing a pattern reminiscent of zinc metalloproteases." CHMP1A has no metallopeptidase activity.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8863740
Molecular cloning, expression and chromosomal localization of a human gene encoding a 33 kDa putative metallopeptidase (PRSM1).
GO:0008270 zinc ion binding
TAS
PMID:8863740
Molecular cloning, expression and chromosomal localization o...
REMOVE
Summary: This annotation is erroneous, arising from the same mistranslation that led to the incorrect metallopeptidase annotation.
Reason: Based on erroneous translation of the gene. There is no evidence that CHMP1A binds zinc. UniProt documents this error.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8863740
Molecular cloning, expression and chromosomal localization of a human gene encoding a 33 kDa putative metallopeptidase (PRSM1).
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:11559748
CHMP1 functions as a member of a newly defined family of ves...
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Original CHMP1 characterization documenting VPS4A interaction.
Reason: Generic protein binding. The VPS4A interaction is captured in more specific annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11559748
CHMP1 functions as a member of a newly defined family of vesicle trafficking proteins.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:12445808
Physical interaction between hepatitis C virus NS4B protein ...
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Hepatitis C virus NS4B interaction with CHMP1A identified.
Reason: Generic protein binding from virus-host interaction study. The biological significance is unclear.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12445808
Physical interaction between hepatitis C virus NS4B protein and CREB-RP/ATF6beta.
GO:0000794 condensed nuclear chromosome
IDA
PMID:11559747
CHMP1 is a novel nuclear matrix protein affecting chromatin ...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: CHMP1A localizes to condensed chromatin upon overexpression.
Reason: Secondary nuclear function documented in the original characterization. Overexpression study, may not reflect physiological localization.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11559747
Overexpressed CHMP1 localizes to a punctate subnuclear pattern, encapsulating regions of nuclease-resistant, condensed chromatin
GO:0005769 early endosome
IDA
PMID:11559748
CHMP1 functions as a member of a newly defined family of ves...
ACCEPT
Summary: CHMP1A localizes to early endosomes.
Reason: Consistent with ESCRT-III recruitment to endosomes. The cytoplasmic form is partially membrane-associated and localizes to early endosomes.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11559748
CHMP1 functions as a member of a newly defined family of vesicle trafficking proteins
GO:0005815 microtubule organizing center
IDA
PMID:11559748
CHMP1 functions as a member of a newly defined family of ves...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: CHMP1A localizes to MTOC/centrosome.
Reason: Centrosomal localization is documented and ESCRT-III depletion affects centrosome numbers (PMID:20616062), but the functional role at centrosomes is not fully characterized.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20616062
depletion of individual ESCRT-III and VPS4 proteins also altered centrosome and spindle pole numbers
PMID:11559748
CHMP1 functions as a member of a newly defined family of vesicle trafficking proteins.
GO:0012505 endomembrane system
IDA
PMID:11559748
CHMP1 functions as a member of a newly defined family of ves...
ACCEPT
Summary: CHMP1A is part of the endomembrane system as an ESCRT-III component.
Reason: Appropriate general localization for an ESCRT-III protein that functions at endosomes and other membrane compartments.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11559748
CHMP1 functions as a member of a newly defined family of vesicle trafficking proteins.
GO:0016192 vesicle-mediated transport
IDA
PMID:11559748
CHMP1 functions as a member of a newly defined family of ves...
ACCEPT
Summary: CHMP1A functions in vesicle trafficking as an ESCRT-III component.
Reason: Core function. ESCRT-III mediates vesicle formation at MVBs.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11559748
CHMP1 functions as a member of a newly defined family of vesicle trafficking proteins
GO:0016363 nuclear matrix
IDA
PMID:11559747
CHMP1 is a novel nuclear matrix protein affecting chromatin ...
ACCEPT
Summary: CHMP1A has a nuclear form that associates with the nuclear matrix.
Reason: Experimentally validated localization. CHMP1 distributes to both cytoplasm and nuclear matrix.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11559747
CHMP1 contains a predicted bipartite nuclear localization signal and distributes as distinct forms to the cytoplasm and the nuclear matrix in all cell lines tested

Core Functions

ESCRT-III subunit function in MVB formation and cargo sorting. CHMP1A is a core component of the ESCRT-III complex that polymerizes at the neck of forming intraluminal vesicles and mediates membrane fission in coordination with VPS4 ATPases.

Molecular Function:
identical protein binding
Directly Involved In:
Cellular Locations:
Supporting Evidence:
  • PMID:16554368
    this ESCRT subunit, like Tsg101, is important for degradation of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor (EGFR) and for transport of the receptor from early endosomes to lysosomes

Cytokinetic abscission. CHMP1A is recruited to the midbody during the final stage of cell division where ESCRT-III mediates the membrane fission step that separates daughter cells.

Molecular Function:
identical protein binding
Directly Involved In:
Cellular Locations:
Supporting Evidence:
  • PMID:20616062
    depletion of VPS4A, VPS4B, or any of the 11 different human ESCRT-III (CHMP) proteins inhibited abscission

Nuclear envelope reformation. CHMP1A as part of ESCRT-III is transiently recruited to the reforming nuclear envelope during telophase where it mediates annular fusion to seal the envelope and ensure nuclear integrity.

Molecular Function:
identical protein binding
Directly Involved In:
Supporting Evidence:
  • PMID:26040713
    Here we show that the endosomal sorting complex required for transport-III (ESCRT-III) machinery localizes to sites of annular fusion in the forming NE in human cells, and is necessary for proper post-mitotic nucleo-cytoplasmic compartmentalization

Autophagosome maturation. CHMP1A contributes to autophagy by participating in ESCRT-III-dependent processes required for autophagosome-lysosome fusion and autophagic clearance of protein aggregates.

Molecular Function:
identical protein binding
Directly Involved In:
Cellular Locations:
Supporting Evidence:
  • PMID:17984323
    autophagic degradation is inhibited in cells depleted of ESCRT subunits and in cells expressing CHMP2B mutants, leading to accumulation of protein aggregates containing ubiquitinated proteins

Plasma membrane repair. ESCRT-III including CHMP1A is rapidly recruited to sites of plasma membrane damage where it mediates repair through extracellular shedding of wounded membrane portions.

Molecular Function:
identical protein binding
Directly Involved In:
Cellular Locations:
Supporting Evidence:
  • PMID:24482116
    ESCRT proteins were recruited within seconds to plasma membrane wounds

References

Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms
  • CHMP1A contains the Snf7 family domain characteristic of ESCRT-III proteins.
Annotation inferences using phylogenetic trees
  • Phylogenetic analysis supports CHMP1A as an ESCRT-III subunit with conserved MVB sorting function.
Gene Ontology annotation based on UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot keyword mapping
Gene Ontology annotation based on UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Subcellular Location vocabulary mapping
Gene Ontology annotation based on curation of immunofluorescence data
Electronic Gene Ontology annotations created by ARBA machine learning models
CHMP1 is a novel nuclear matrix protein affecting chromatin structure and cell-cycle progression.
  • Original characterization of CHMP1A showing nuclear matrix localization and chromatin condensation effects through Polycomb group protein interaction.
CHMP1 functions as a member of a newly defined family of vesicle trafficking proteins.
  • Characterization of CHMP1A as a VPS4-interacting protein involved in vesicle trafficking with early endosome and MTOC localization.
Physical interaction between hepatitis C virus NS4B protein and CREB-RP/ATF6beta.
The protein network of HIV budding.
  • Systematic analysis of HIV budding protein network identifying CHMP1A interactions with VPS4A, VPS4B, and CHMP1B.
Divergent retroviral late-budding domains recruit vacuolar protein sorting factors by using alternative adaptor proteins.
  • CHMP1A self-associates and interacts with CHMP1B and VPS4A.
Recycling of ESCRTs by the AAA-ATPase Vps4 is regulated by a conserved VSL region in Vta1.
  • VPS4 recycles ESCRT-III components including CHMP1A after membrane fission.
The ESCRT-III subunit hVps24 is required for degradation but not silencing of the epidermal growth factor receptor.
  • ESCRT-III is required for EGFR degradation via the MVB pathway.
A systematic analysis of human CHMP protein interactions; additional MIT domain-containing proteins bind to multiple components of the human ESCRT III complex.
  • Systematic mapping of CHMP1A interactions with MIT domain proteins.
The MIT domain of UBPY constitutes a CHMP binding and endosomal localization signal required for efficient epidermal growth factor receptor degradation.
  • UBPY/USP8 MIT domain interacts with CHMP proteins including CHMP1A.
ESCRT-III recognition by VPS4 ATPases.
  • Structural characterization of VPS4 MIT domain recognition of CHMP1A MIM motif (residues 180-196).
Functional multivesicular bodies are required for autophagic clearance of protein aggregates associated with neurodegenerative disease.
  • ESCRT depletion inhibits autophagic degradation, causing accumulation of ubiquitinated protein aggregates. Functional MVBs are required for autophagy.
Large-scale proteomics and phosphoproteomics of urinary exosomes.
Biochemical analyses of human IST1 and its function in cytokinesis.
  • IST1 interacts with CHMP1A and is required for cytokinesis.
Essential role of hIST1 in cytokinesis.
  • IST1 binds CHMP1A and functions in cytokinetic abscission.
Membrane scission by the ESCRT-III complex.
  • ESCRT-III mediates membrane scission at MVBs and other sites.
Ab initio protein modelling reveals novel human MIT domains.
Membrane budding and scission by the ESCRT machinery: it's all in the neck.
  • Review of ESCRT-mediated membrane fission mechanism.
Human ESCRT-III and VPS4 proteins are required for centrosome and spindle maintenance.
  • Systematic analysis showing all 11 ESCRT-III proteins including CHMP1A are required for abscission. Depletion causes centrosome amplification and spindle defects.
Toward an understanding of the protein interaction network of the human liver.
ESCRT-III binding protein MITD1 is involved in cytokinesis and has an unanticipated PLD fold that binds membranes.
  • MITD1 binds CHMP1A and functions in cytokinesis.
ESCRT machinery is required for plasma membrane repair.
  • ESCRTs are recruited within seconds to plasma membrane wounds and mediate repair via extracellular shedding of damaged membrane.
Structure of cellular ESCRT-III spirals and their relationship to HIV budding.
  • ESCRT-III forms spirals at the plasma membrane during viral budding.
Spastin and ESCRT-III coordinate mitotic spindle disassembly and nuclear envelope sealing.
  • ESCRT-III is recruited to the reforming nuclear envelope where it coordinates with spastin for spindle microtubule severing and NE sealing.
ESCRT-III controls nuclear envelope reformation.
  • ESCRT-III localizes to sites of annular fusion in the forming nuclear envelope and is required for proper nucleo-cytoplasmic compartmentalization.
Architecture of the human interactome defines protein communities and disease networks.
A reference map of the human binary protein interactome.
Interactome Mapping Provides a Network of Neurodegenerative Disease Proteins and Uncovers Widespread Protein Aggregation in Affected Brains.
  • CHMP1A interacts with huntingtin and alpha-synuclein.
Dual proteome-scale networks reveal cell-specific remodeling of the human interactome.
OpenCell Endogenous tagging for the cartography of human cellular organization.
Molecular cloning, expression and chromosomal localization of a human gene encoding a 33 kDa putative metallopeptidase (PRSM1).
  • ERRONEOUS - This paper incorrectly translated the ORF and proposed metallopeptidase function. UniProt notes this error.
Reactome:R-HSA-9610942
HCMV Formation of Final Envelopment Complex
Reactome:R-HSA-9610954
HCMV Final Envelopment
file:human/CHMP1A/CHMP1A-deep-research-falcon.md
Deep research report on CHMP1A

Suggested Questions for Experts

Q: What is the specific contribution of CHMP1A vs CHMP1B to ESCRT-III function at different cellular sites?

Suggested experts: Stenmark H

Q: How is CHMP1A recruitment specifically regulated at the nuclear envelope vs midbody vs MVBs?

Suggested experts: Stenmark H, Saksena S

Q: What is the mechanistic basis for the centrosome phenotypes observed upon ESCRT-III depletion?

Suggested experts: Bhutta MS

Suggested Experiments

Experiment: Rescue experiments in CHMP1A-depleted cells to determine which domains are required for different functions

Hypothesis: Different domains of CHMP1A may be differentially required for MVB, cytokinesis, and nuclear envelope functions

Type: Rescue assay

Experiment: Live imaging of endogenously tagged CHMP1A to characterize recruitment dynamics at different cellular sites

Hypothesis: CHMP1A recruitment kinetics differ between MVBs, midbody, and nuclear envelope

Type: Live cell imaging

Experiment: Proximity labeling (BioID/APEX) to identify site-specific CHMP1A interaction partners

Hypothesis: CHMP1A interacts with different proteins at different cellular locations

Type: Proximity proteomics

Deep Research

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Comprehensive research report: Human CHMP1A (Q9HD42)

Verification of identity and family/domains
- Gene/protein identity: The research below concerns human CHMP1A, also known as charged multivesicular body protein 1A, a member of the ESCRT-III/Snf7 family (Homo sapiens). ESCRT-III membership and Snf7-family properties are consistently reflected across current reviews examining ESCRT-III biology and mechanics in human cells (Park et al., 2024; Keeley & Coyne, 2024) (park2024escrtiiiaversatile pages 7-8, keeley2024nuclearanddegradative pages 1-3).

1) Key concepts and definitions with current understanding
- Core role in ESCRT-III: CHMP1A is an ESCRT-III subunit that contributes to membrane remodeling and fission during multiple topologically similar processes, including formation of intraluminal vesicles (ILVs) at multivesicular bodies (MVBs), cytokinetic abscission at the midbody, and nuclear envelope/NPC quality control and repair. ESCRT-III polymers assemble into spirals/filaments at membrane necks and recruit the AAA-ATPase VPS4 to remodel and disassemble the lattice after constriction and fission (Park et al., 2024, https://doi.org/10.1080/19768354.2024.2380294; Keeley & Coyne, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1080/19491034.2024.2349085) (park2024escrtiiiaversatile pages 7-8, keeley2024nuclearanddegradative pages 1-3, keeley2024nuclearanddegradative pages 4-6).
- Cellular localizations: ESCRT-III subunits, including CHMP1A, are dynamically recruited to endosomal membranes during MVB/ILV formation, the intercellular bridge at late cytokinesis (abscission zone), and nuclear membrane lesions or NPC surveillance sites; recruitment involves adaptors such as ALIX, TSG101, ESCRT-II/VPS36, and midbody organizer CEP55 in cytokinesis, and CHMP7–LEMD2 at the inner nuclear membrane (Park et al., 2024; Keeley & Coyne, 2024) (park2024escrtiiiaversatile pages 7-8, keeley2024nuclearanddegradative pages 4-6).
- Mechanistic specialization: Within ESCRT-III, subunits are differentially deployed across contexts, but all utilize conserved Snf7-family membrane-binding and polymerization principles, followed by VPS4-driven turnover. Abscission and nuclear envelope repair are tightly regulated to preserve genome integrity (Park et al., 2024; Keeley & Coyne, 2024) (park2024escrtiiiaversatile pages 7-8, keeley2024nuclearanddegradative pages 4-6).
- Neurodevelopmental significance: Loss of CHMP1A impairs ILV biogenesis and extracellular vesicle (EV)-mediated secretion of key morphogens (e.g., Sonic Hedgehog), linking ESCRT-III endosomal function to developmental signaling (Hurley et al., 2025, Nature, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08950-y) (hurley2025theexpandingrepertoire pages 7-8).

2) Recent developments and latest research (2023–2024 priority)
- Genetics and disease: 2023 clinical genetics expanded the CHMP1A loss-of-function spectrum in pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 8 (PCH8). He et al. reported compound heterozygous CHMP1A variants (p.Leu18Pro and an exon 1 deletion) with severe neurodevelopmental impairment and characteristic MRI findings; zebrafish modeling supported pathogenicity and cerebellar/pons dysgenesis (He et al., 2023, Frontiers in Neurology, https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2023.1228218) (he2023novelbiallelicvariants pages 9-10).
- ESCRT-III at abscission: Contemporary mechanistic reviews emphasize that ESCRT-III (with CHMP1 paralogs) forms constricting assemblies at the intercellular bridge and that depletion of CHMP1A impairs abscission, underscoring its essential role in cell division fidelity (Park et al., 2024, https://doi.org/10.1080/19768354.2024.2380294) (park2024escrtiiiaversatile pages 7-8).
- Nuclear envelope and NPC surveillance: 2024 synthesis highlights ESCRT-III’s roles in sealing nuclear envelope ruptures and removing faulty NPCs via CHMP7–LEMD2–ESCRT recruitment and VPS4-mediated scission/disassembly, providing up-to-date mechanistic context for CHMP-family participation at the nuclear periphery (Keeley & Coyne, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1080/19491034.2024.2349085) (keeley2024nuclearanddegradative pages 1-3, keeley2024nuclearanddegradative pages 4-6).
- Neurodevelopmental mechanism: A 2025 high-level synthesis (still recent) connects CHMP1A loss-of-function with reduced ILVs and EV-dependent Sonic Hedgehog signaling in mouse models, strengthening a causal chain from ESCRT-III endosomal mechanics to brain development (Hurley et al., 2025, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08950-y) (hurley2025theexpandingrepertoire pages 7-8).

3) Current applications and real-world implementations
- Diagnostic genetics: CHMP1A is now a recognized PCH gene (PCH8). Clinical exome/genome sequencing and segregation analysis identify biallelic loss-of-function alleles; functional follow-up in model organisms (e.g., zebrafish) can substantiate variant pathogenicity and phenotypic mechanisms (He et al., 2023, https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2023.1228218) (he2023novelbiallelicvariants pages 9-10).
- Cell biology toolkits and targeting of ESCRT timing: Understanding ESCRT-III recruitment and VPS4-dependent dynamics at the midbody and nuclear envelope informs experimental approaches to manipulate abscission timing and nuclear integrity in dividing cells, with implications for genome stability research (Park et al., 2024; Keeley & Coyne, 2024) (park2024escrtiiiaversatile pages 7-8, keeley2024nuclearanddegradative pages 4-6).
- Developmental signaling via EVs: Linking CHMP1A-driven ILV/EV biogenesis to morphogen secretion motivates systems-level analyses of EV cargoes in neurodevelopmental disorders and potential biomarkers of CHMP1A dysfunction (Hurley et al., 2025, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08950-y) (hurley2025theexpandingrepertoire pages 7-8).

4) Expert opinions and analysis from authoritative sources
- ESCRT-III is the core membrane fission module across diverse compartments; precise spatiotemporal regulation, adaptor selection, and VPS4 cycling are central to fidelity. Reviews emphasize ESCRT-III’s integrated roles in abscission control, nuclear membrane homeostasis, and endolysosomal trafficking, with direct implications for genome integrity and CNS vulnerability (Park et al., 2024; Keeley & Coyne, 2024) (park2024escrtiiiaversatile pages 7-8, keeley2024nuclearanddegradative pages 1-3, keeley2024nuclearanddegradative pages 4-6).
- Neurodevelopmental perspective: Authoritative synthesis argues that CHMP1A loss-of-function disrupts MVB/ILV biology and EV signaling, providing a plausible mechanistic substrate for PCH8 and microcephaly (Hurley et al., 2025) (hurley2025theexpandingrepertoire pages 7-8).

5) Relevant statistics and data from recent studies
- Human clinical phenotype (2023): He et al. described compound heterozygous CHMP1A variants producing severe pontocerebellar and cerebellar vermis/hemispheric hypoplasia; MRI also showed a thin corpus callosum and mild supratentorial cortical reduction. Developmental delay was profound, with hypotonia and limited visual tracking by age 2 years; zebrafish base-editing recapitulated cerebellar and pontine dysplasia, supporting variant causality (He et al., 2023, https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2023.1228218) (he2023novelbiallelicvariants pages 9-10).
- Mechanistic breadth: Reviews document that ESCRT-III lattice formation, constriction, and VPS4-mediated turnover are required to complete abscission; depletion of CHMP1A is specifically linked with blocking abscission in human cells, highlighting the gene’s quantitative necessity for membrane fission during cytokinesis (Park et al., 2024, https://doi.org/10.1080/19768354.2024.2380294) (park2024escrtiiiaversatile pages 7-8).
- Nuclear envelope dynamics: Nuclear ESCRT-III recruitment depends on CHMP7–LEMD2 interactions; scission and lattice turnover require VPS4, consistent with quantitative models of ESCRT-driven repair at sub-100 nm to larger ruptures, safeguarding nuclear compartmentalization (Keeley & Coyne, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1080/19491034.2024.2349085) (keeley2024nuclearanddegradative pages 1-3, keeley2024nuclearanddegradative pages 4-6).
- Developmental signaling: In mouse models, CHMP1A loss reduces ILVs and EV-mediated Sonic Hedgehog secretion, providing a mechanistic basis for neurodevelopmental deficits in CHMP1A deficiency (Hurley et al., 2025, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08950-y) (hurley2025theexpandingrepertoire pages 7-8).

Pathways and precise mechanistic roles
- Endolysosomal sorting and MVB/ILV biogenesis: CHMP1A acts within ESCRT-III to sculpt ILVs, which in turn regulate receptor downregulation and morphogen packaging/secretion; VPS4 recycles ESCRT-III subunits post-fission (Hurley et al., 2025; Park et al., 2024) (hurley2025theexpandingrepertoire pages 7-8, park2024escrtiiiaversatile pages 7-8).
- Cytokinetic abscission: CHMP1A participates in ESCRT-III polymer assembly at the intercellular bridge, acting downstream of ESCRT-I/II adaptors (ALIX, TSG101, VPS36) and midbody factors (CEP55), enabling membrane constriction and fission; CHMP1A depletion blocks or delays abscission (Park et al., 2024) (park2024escrtiiiaversatile pages 7-8).
- Nuclear envelope repair and NPC surveillance: ESCRT-III is recruited via CHMP7–LEMD2 to nuclear membrane ruptures or misassembled NPCs; polymerization and VPS4 activity effect sealing/removal to protect genome integrity (Keeley & Coyne, 2024) (keeley2024nuclearanddegradative pages 1-3, keeley2024nuclearanddegradative pages 4-6).

Disease links and phenotypes
- Pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 8 (PCH8): Biallelic loss-of-function variants in CHMP1A cause PCH8 with microcephaly, severe developmental delay, cerebellar and pontine hypoplasia, and corpus callosum thinning; functional zebrafish assays substantiate causality of specific alleles (He et al., 2023, https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2023.1228218) (he2023novelbiallelicvariants pages 9-10).
- Mechanistic inference: Defective ILV/EV biogenesis and disruption of SHH signaling offer a mechanistic explanation for the neurodevelopmental phenotype seen in CHMP1A deficiency (Hurley et al., 2025, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08950-y) (hurley2025theexpandingrepertoire pages 7-8).

Open questions and future directions
- Subunit-specific contributions: Exactly how CHMP1A’s polymer dynamics and binding partners partition its roles across endosomes, the midbody, and the nuclear envelope remains to be defined at higher resolution in human cells.
- Therapeutic angles: If EV-mediated morphogen signaling is compromised, approaches that restore EV production/cargo delivery or compensate for morphogen deficits could be explored in models of CHMP1A deficiency (supported mechanistically by ILV/EV data) (hurley2025theexpandingrepertoire pages 7-8).

Evidence summary table
| Claim | What it says (1–2 sentences) | Source (authors, year, journal) | URL/DOI | Publication date (month/year) | Relevance notes |
|---|---|---|---|---:|---|
| Bi-allelic CHMP1A variants cause PCH8 | Biallelic loss-of-function CHMP1A variants produce pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 8 with severe cerebellar and pontine hypoplasia, microcephaly and profound developmental delay; zebrafish modeling supports functional impact. | He T. et al., 2023, Frontiers in Neurology | https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2023.1228218 | Sep 2023 | Genetic and functional evidence linking CHMP1A LoF to PCH8 (he2023novelbiallelicvariants pages 9-10) |
| CHMP1A/ESCRT-III required for cytokinetic abscission | ESCRT-III subunits (including CHMP1 paralogs) assemble to mediate membrane scission at the midbody; depletion of CHMP1A impairs/blocks abscission. | Park J. et al., 2024, Animal Cells and Systems | https://doi.org/10.1080/19768354.2024.2380294 | Jul 2024 | Places CHMP1A within ESCRT-III abscission machinery (park2024escrtiiiaversatile pages 7-8) |
| ESCRT-III in nuclear envelope repair and neurodegeneration | ESCRT-III polymers seal nuclear membrane ruptures and participate in NPC quality control; dysfunction links to neuronal disease processes. | Keeley O., Coyne A.N., 2024, Nucleus | https://doi.org/10.1080/19491034.2024.2349085 | May 2024 | Mechanistic context for nuclear roles of ESCRT-III relevant to CHMP family (keeley2024nuclearanddegradative pages 1-3) |
| CHMP1A LoF disrupts ILV/EV biogenesis and developmental signalling | CHMP1A loss reduces intraluminal vesicle (ILV) formation and extracellular vesicle (EV)-mediated secretion (e.g., Sonic Hedgehog), impairing neurodevelopment in mouse models. | Hurley J.H. et al., 2025, Nature | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08950-y | Jun 2025 | Links CHMP1A to ILV/EV biogenesis and developmental signalling deficits (hurley2025theexpandingrepertoire pages 7-8) |
| ESCRT-III filaments assemble on curved membranes to remodel them | Core human ESCRT-III proteins polymerize on positively curved membranes and can generate helical membrane tubules, explaining mechanical basis for scission. | Bertin A. et al., 2020, Nature Communications | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16368-5 | May 2020 | Structural/biophysical principles underlying CHMP subunit membrane remodeling (supported by ESCRT-III reviews) (park2024escrtiiiaversatile pages 7-8) |
| IST1 recruits to midbodies and binds CHMP1A/B in cytokinesis | IST1 localizes to the midbody during late cytokinesis and can bind CHMP1A/B, contributing to abscission completion. | Agromayor M. et al., 2009, Molecular Biology of the Cell | https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.e08-05-0474 | Mar 2009 | Identifies IST1–CHMP1 interactions important for midbody function (park2024escrtiiiaversatile pages 7-8) |
| Biochemistry of IST1 affects CHMP1A localization/modification | Biochemical studies show IST1 influences CHMP1A modification/localization and is required for efficient abscission. | Bajorek M. et al., 2009, Molecular Biology of the Cell | https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.e08-05-0475 | Mar 2009 | Experimental characterization of IST1 impact on CHMP1A behavior (park2024escrtiiiaversatile pages 7-8) |
| Chromosomal Passenger Complex (CPC) regulates ESCRT-III Snf7 proteins | CPC components (Borealin/Aurora B) interact with Snf7/ESCRT-III proteins and regulate their polymerization/phosphorylation to time abscission. | Capalbo L. et al., 2012, Open Biology | https://doi.org/10.1098/rsob.120070 | May 2012 | Mechanistic control of ESCRT-III activity at abscission relevant to CHMP1A function (park2024escrtiiiaversatile pages 7-8) |
| ESCRT recruited for autophagic/xenophagic membrane repair | The TOM1L2–Rab41 pathway recruits ESCRT (and VPS4) to repair toxin-damaged autophagic membranes, illustrating ESCRT-III’s wider membrane-repair roles. | Nozawa T. et al., 2023, Nature Communications | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42039-2 | Oct 2023 | Shows ESCRT-III involvement in membrane repair/autophagy contexts relevant to neuronal homeostasis (park2024escrtiiiaversatile pages 7-8) |
| CHMP1A and CHMP2B linked to autophagy and neurological disease | Reviews note CHMP1A/CHMP2B roles in autophagy/endolysosomal trafficking and their associations with neurodevelopmental or neurodegenerative phenotypes. | Liénard C. et al., 2024, Cells | https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13010103 | Jan 2024 | Synthesizes disease links between ESCRT-III dysfunction (including CHMP1A) and CNS disorders (keeley2024nuclearanddegradative pages 1-3) |

Table: Concise, sourced claims about human CHMP1A (UniProt Q9HD42), summarizing function, localization, disease links, and mechanistic context with citation IDs for supporting evidence.

Conclusion
Human CHMP1A is an ESCRT-III/Snf7-family subunit that operates at endosomes, the midbody, and the nuclear periphery to remodel and sever membranes in concert with VPS4. Recent clinical genetics firmly implicates biallelic CHMP1A loss-of-function in PCH8, while mechanistic work connects CHMP1A-dependent ILV/EV biogenesis with developmental signaling, offering a coherent pathway from molecular mechanism to disease phenotype (He et al., 2023; Park et al., 2024; Keeley & Coyne, 2024; Hurley et al., 2025) (he2023novelbiallelicvariants pages 9-10, park2024escrtiiiaversatile pages 7-8, keeley2024nuclearanddegradative pages 1-3, keeley2024nuclearanddegradative pages 4-6, hurley2025theexpandingrepertoire pages 7-8).

References

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Citations

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  2. he2023novelbiallelicvariants pages 9-10
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  19. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08950-y,
  20. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2023.1228218,

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---
id: Q9HD42
gene_symbol: CHMP1A
product_type: PROTEIN
status: COMPLETE
taxon:
  id: NCBITaxon:9606
  label: Homo sapiens
description: >-
  CHMP1A (Charged Multivesicular Body Protein 1A) is a member of the SNF7 family and
  a core subunit of the
  ESCRT-III complex. CHMP1A functions as a membrane-remodeling protein that mediates
  topologically equivalent
  membrane fission events at multiple cellular sites. Its primary roles include: (1)
  MVB/ILV biogenesis
  at endosomes where it contributes to receptor downregulation and cargo sorting;
  (2) cytokinetic abscission
  at the midbody during the final stages of cell division; (3) nuclear envelope reformation
  following
  mitosis; (4) plasma membrane repair; and (5) autophagosome maturation. CHMP1A self-associates
  and interacts
  with VPS4A/B ATPases for polymer disassembly, and with other ESCRT-III subunits
  including CHMP1B and IST1.
  The protein also has a nuclear function related to chromatin condensation through
  interaction with the
  Polycomb group protein BMI1. Biallelic loss-of-function mutations in CHMP1A cause
  pontocerebellar hypoplasia
  type 8 (PCH8), linking defective MVB/extracellular vesicle biogenesis to neurodevelopmental
  pathology.
existing_annotations:
# IBA annotations - phylogenetically informed, generally reliable
  - term:
      id: GO:0005771
      label: multivesicular body
    evidence_type: IBA
    original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
    review:
      summary: >-
        CHMP1A is an established ESCRT-III subunit that localizes to and functions
        at multivesicular bodies.
        As a core component of ESCRT-III, it is involved in MVB formation and ILV
        biogenesis (PMID:17984323, deep research).
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Well-supported by phylogenetic analysis and consistent with CHMP1A's established
        role as an ESCRT-III
        subunit involved in MVB formation and intraluminal vesicle biogenesis.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:17984323
          supporting_text: The endosomal sorting complexes required for transport
            (ESCRTs) are required to sort integral membrane proteins into intralumenal
            vesicles of the multivesicular body (MVB).
        - reference_id: file:human/CHMP1A/CHMP1A-deep-research-falcon.md
          supporting_text: 'model: Edison Scientific Literature'
  - term:
      id: GO:0015031
      label: protein transport
    evidence_type: IBA
    original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
    review:
      summary: >-
        CHMP1A participates in protein transport as part of the ESCRT-III machinery
        that sorts cargo
        into intraluminal vesicles of multivesicular bodies.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Appropriate general term for ESCRT-III function in cargo sorting. CHMP1A as
        part of ESCRT-III
        is essential for the transport and sorting of ubiquitinated proteins to lysosomes.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:11559748
          supporting_text: CHMP1 functions as a member of a newly defined family of
            vesicle trafficking proteins.
  - term:
      id: GO:0032509
      label: endosome transport via multivesicular body sorting pathway
    evidence_type: IBA
    original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
    review:
      summary: >-
        CHMP1A is an ESCRT-III component essential for the MVB sorting pathway that
        mediates cargo transport
        from endosomes to lysosomes.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Core function annotation. CHMP1A participates in the MVB sorting pathway as
        part of ESCRT-III,
        which forms polymeric assemblies that mediate membrane fission for ILV formation.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:16554368
          supporting_text: this ESCRT subunit, like Tsg101, is important for degradation
            of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor (EGFR) and for transport
            of the receptor from early endosomes to lysosomes
  - term:
      id: GO:0045324
      label: late endosome to vacuole transport
    evidence_type: IBA
    original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
    review:
      summary: >-
        CHMP1A functions in late endosome to lysosome transport as part of the ESCRT-III
        complex.
        This is a conserved function across eukaryotes.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Phylogenetically conserved function of ESCRT-III. The mammalian equivalent
        of vacuolar
        transport is lysosomal delivery, which requires functional ESCRT-III for MVB-lysosome
        fusion.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:17984323
          supporting_text: functional MVBs are also required for efficient clearance
            of the expanded polyglutamine aggregates
  - term:
      id: GO:0000815
      label: ESCRT III complex
    evidence_type: IBA
    original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
    review:
      summary: >-
        CHMP1A is a core subunit of the ESCRT-III complex, belonging to the SNF7 family.
        It self-associates and interacts with other ESCRT-III components.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Definitive membership in ESCRT-III complex. CHMP1A is classified in the SNF7
        family
        and biochemically characterized as an ESCRT-III subunit (UniProt, PMID:14505570,
        PMID:14519844).
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:14505570
          supporting_text: The protein network of HIV budding
        - reference_id: PMID:14519844
          supporting_text: Divergent retroviral late-budding domains recruit vacuolar
            protein sorting factors

# IEA annotations - evaluate against established functions
  - term:
      id: GO:0000776
      label: kinetochore
    evidence_type: IEA
    original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000117
    review:
      summary: >-
        ESCRT-III components have been reported at kinetochores. This annotation is
        supported by
        experimental evidence from PMID:26040712 showing ESCRT-III localization at
        spindle-related structures.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        IEA annotation consistent with experimental evidence (PMID:26040712). CHMP1A
        depletion causes
        mitotic defects including chromosome alignment problems (PMID:20616062).
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:26040712
          supporting_text: Here we show that endosomal sorting complex required for
            transport (ESCRT)-III, previously found to promote membrane constriction
            and sealing during receptor sorting, virus budding, cytokinesis and plasma
            membrane repair, is transiently recruited to the reassembling nuclear
            envelope during late anaphase
  - term:
      id: GO:0001778
      label: plasma membrane repair
    evidence_type: IEA
    original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000117
    review:
      summary: >-
        ESCRT machinery is required for plasma membrane repair. This is a documented
        ESCRT-III function
        demonstrated in PMID:24482116.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Well-supported ESCRT-III function. The Science paper demonstrates that ESCRT
        proteins are
        recruited within seconds to plasma membrane wounds and mediate repair via
        extracellular shedding.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:24482116
          supporting_text: ESCRT machinery is required for plasma membrane repair...ESCRT
            proteins were recruited within seconds to plasma membrane wounds
  - term:
      id: GO:0005643
      label: nuclear pore
    evidence_type: IEA
    original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000117
    review:
      summary: >-
        ESCRT-III is involved in nuclear pore quality control and NPC surveillance,
        sealing
        the nuclear envelope at sites where it engulfs structures.
      action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
      reason: >-
        While ESCRT-III localizes near nuclear pores during nuclear envelope reformation
        and
        participates in NPC quality control (deep research: Keeley & Coyne 2024),
        this is not
        a permanent localization but rather a transient function during mitotic exit.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:26040713
          supporting_text: Here we show that the endosomal sorting complex required
            for transport-III (ESCRT-III) machinery localizes to sites of annular
            fusion in the forming NE in human cells, and is necessary for proper post-mitotic
            nucleo-cytoplasmic compartmentalization
  - term:
      id: GO:0005737
      label: cytoplasm
    evidence_type: IEA
    original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000044
    review:
      summary: >-
        CHMP1A has cytoplasmic localization as documented in UniProt annotations.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Basic localization annotation consistent with UniProt subcellular location
        data.
        The cytoplasmic form is partially membrane-associated (UniProt).
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:11559748
          supporting_text: CHMP1 functions as a member of a newly defined family of
            vesicle trafficking proteins
  - term:
      id: GO:0005765
      label: lysosomal membrane
    evidence_type: IEA
    original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000117
    review:
      summary: >-
        ESCRT-III components localize to lysosomal membranes in the context of autophagosome-lysosome
        fusion and MVB-lysosome fusion.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Consistent with ESCRT-III function in autophagy and endolysosomal trafficking.
        Experimental evidence from PMID:17984323 supports this localization.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:17984323
          supporting_text: Functional multivesicular bodies are required for autophagic
            clearance
  - term:
      id: GO:0005828
      label: kinetochore microtubule
    evidence_type: IEA
    original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000117
    review:
      summary: >-
        ESCRT-III has roles at spindle microtubules. CHMP1A depletion affects spindle
        organization
        (PMID:20616062).
      action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
      reason: >-
        While ESCRT-III/VPS4 proteins function at spindles and their depletion affects
        mitotic
        spindle organization, the direct localization to kinetochore microtubules
        is less well
        characterized for CHMP1A specifically compared to other ESCRT-III subunits.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:20616062
          supporting_text: depletion of individual ESCRT-III and VPS4 proteins also
            altered centrosome and spindle pole numbers, producing multipolar spindles
  - term:
      id: GO:0006351
      label: DNA-templated transcription
    evidence_type: IEA
    original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000043
    review:
      summary: >-
        CHMP1A was originally characterized as having chromatin-modifying activity
        and affecting
        gene expression through interaction with Polycomb group proteins.
      action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
      reason: >-
        The nuclear function of CHMP1A in transcriptional regulation through PcG protein
        BMI1
        is documented (PMID:11559747) but is secondary to its primary ESCRT-III membrane
        fission functions.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:11559747
          supporting_text: CHMP1 can recruit a PcG protein, BMI1, to these regions
            of condensed chromatin
  - term:
      id: GO:0007034
      label: vacuolar transport
    evidence_type: IEA
    original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000002
    review:
      summary: >-
        CHMP1A is involved in vacuolar/lysosomal transport as an ESCRT-III subunit.
        The Snf7 domain
        (IPR005024) is characteristic of proteins involved in MVB sorting.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        InterPro-based annotation consistent with CHMP1A's role as an ESCRT-III/Snf7
        family member
        involved in endolysosomal trafficking.
  - term:
      id: GO:0007080
      label: mitotic metaphase chromosome alignment
    evidence_type: IEA
    original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000117
    review:
      summary: >-
        ESCRT-III depletion causes chromosome alignment defects. This is experimentally
        demonstrated for CHMP1A (PMID:20616062).
      action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
      reason: >-
        While CHMP1A depletion affects chromosome alignment, this is a secondary consequence
        of centrosome/spindle dysfunction rather than a direct function in alignment.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:20616062
          supporting_text: causing defects in chromosome segregation and nuclear morphology
  - term:
      id: GO:0010008
      label: endosome membrane
    evidence_type: IEA
    original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000044
    review:
      summary: >-
        CHMP1A localizes to endosomal membranes as part of ESCRT-III function in MVB
        formation.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Core localization for ESCRT-III function. UniProt documents endosome membrane
        association.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:11559748
          supporting_text: Immunocytochemistry and biochemical fractionation localize
            CHMP1 to early endosomes
  - term:
      id: GO:0015031
      label: protein transport
    evidence_type: IEA
    original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000043
    review:
      summary: >-
        CHMP1A functions in protein transport as an ESCRT-III component involved in
        cargo sorting.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Duplicate of IBA annotation with same GO term. Both are valid; this IEA is
        from
        UniProtKB keyword mapping and is consistent with the phylogenetically-inferred
        annotation.
  - term:
      id: GO:0016363
      label: nuclear matrix
    evidence_type: IEA
    original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000044
    review:
      summary: >-
        CHMP1A has a nuclear form that associates with the nuclear matrix, documented
        experimentally.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Experimentally validated localization (PMID:11559747). The nuclear form of
        CHMP1A remains
        associated with the chromosome scaffold during mitosis.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:11559747
          supporting_text: CHMP1 contains a predicted bipartite nuclear localization
            signal and distributes as distinct forms to the cytoplasm and the nuclear
            matrix in all cell lines tested
  - term:
      id: GO:0030496
      label: midbody
    evidence_type: IEA
    original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000117
    review:
      summary: >-
        CHMP1A localizes to the midbody during cytokinesis as part of the ESCRT-III
        abscission machinery.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Core localization for cytokinetic function. ESCRT-III is recruited to the
        midbody
        for abscission (PMID:20616062, PMID:26040712).
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:20616062
          supporting_text: VPS4 proteins concentrated at spindle poles during mitosis
            and then at midbodies during cytokinesis
  - term:
      id: GO:0031468
      label: nuclear membrane reassembly
    evidence_type: IEA
    original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000117
    review:
      summary: >-
        ESCRT-III is required for nuclear envelope reformation after mitosis.
        Two Nature papers in 2015 established this function.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Well-documented ESCRT-III function. PMID:26040712 and PMID:26040713 demonstrate
        ESCRT-III role in sealing the nuclear envelope during telophase.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:26040713
          supporting_text: Here we show that the endosomal sorting complex required
            for transport-III (ESCRT-III) machinery localizes to sites of annular
            fusion in the forming NE in human cells, and is necessary for proper post-mitotic
            nucleo-cytoplasmic compartmentalization
  - term:
      id: GO:0032585
      label: multivesicular body membrane
    evidence_type: IEA
    original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000117
    review:
      summary: >-
        CHMP1A localizes to MVB membranes as part of ESCRT-III function in ILV formation.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Core localization. Experimentally supported by PMID:16554368.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:16554368
          supporting_text: this ESCRT subunit, like Tsg101, is important for degradation
            of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor (EGFR) and for transport
            of the receptor from early endosomes to lysosomes
  - term:
      id: GO:0039702
      label: viral budding via host ESCRT complex
    evidence_type: IEA
    original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000117
    review:
      summary: >-
        ESCRT-III is hijacked by enveloped viruses including HIV for budding. CHMP1A
        is part of this machinery.
      action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
      reason: >-
        This is a documented ESCRT-III function in viral budding (PMID:14505570, PMID:24878737),
        but represents viral exploitation of the cellular machinery rather than an
        endogenous core function.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:14505570
          supporting_text: The protein network of HIV budding
  - term:
      id: GO:0043162
      label: ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process via the multivesicular
        body sorting pathway
    evidence_type: IEA
    original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000117
    review:
      summary: >-
        ESCRT-III sorts ubiquitinated cargo into ILVs for lysosomal degradation.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Core function of the ESCRT pathway. Ubiquitinated proteins are sorted into
        MVBs
        and delivered to lysosomes for degradation (PMID:17984323).
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:17984323
          supporting_text: leading to accumulation of protein aggregates containing
            ubiquitinated proteins
  - term:
      id: GO:0046761
      label: viral budding from plasma membrane
    evidence_type: IEA
    original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000117
    review:
      summary: >-
        ESCRT-III is used by viruses for budding from the plasma membrane.
      action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
      reason: >-
        Documented ESCRT-III function in viral budding (PMID:24878737), but represents
        viral exploitation rather than an endogenous function.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:24878737
          supporting_text: Structure of cellular ESCRT-III spirals and their relationship
            to HIV budding
  - term:
      id: GO:0051301
      label: cell division
    evidence_type: IEA
    original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000043
    review:
      summary: >-
        CHMP1A functions in cell division through its role in cytokinetic abscission
        and centrosome maintenance.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Well-supported by experimental evidence (PMID:20616062, PMID:19129479).
        ESCRT-III depletion blocks abscission.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:20616062
          supporting_text: depletion of VPS4A, VPS4B, or any of the 11 different human
            ESCRT-III (CHMP) proteins inhibited abscission
  - term:
      id: GO:0061952
      label: midbody abscission
    evidence_type: IEA
    original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000117
    review:
      summary: >-
        CHMP1A is required for cytokinetic abscission at the midbody.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Core function. ESCRT-III mediates the final membrane fission step of cytokinesis.
        Depletion of CHMP1A impairs abscission (PMID:20616062, deep research).
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:20616062
          supporting_text: The ESCRT pathway helps mediate the final abscission step
            of cytokinesis
  - term:
      id: GO:0071985
      label: multivesicular body sorting pathway
    evidence_type: IEA
    original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000117
    review:
      summary: >-
        CHMP1A is an ESCRT-III subunit essential for the MVB sorting pathway.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Core function. CHMP1A as part of ESCRT-III is required for MVB formation and
        cargo sorting (PMID:16554368).
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:16554368
          supporting_text: this ESCRT subunit, like Tsg101, is important for degradation
            of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor (EGFR) and for transport
            of the receptor from early endosomes to lysosomes
  - term:
      id: GO:0097352
      label: autophagosome maturation
    evidence_type: IEA
    original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000117
    review:
      summary: >-
        ESCRT-III is required for autophagosome maturation and fusion with lysosomes.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Functional MVBs are required for autophagy (PMID:17984323). ESCRT depletion
        causes accumulation of protein aggregates due to impaired autophagic degradation.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:17984323
          supporting_text: autophagic degradation is inhibited in cells depleted of
            ESCRT subunits
  - term:
      id: GO:1901673
      label: regulation of mitotic spindle assembly
    evidence_type: IEA
    original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000117
    review:
      summary: >-
        ESCRT-III/VPS4 depletion affects spindle assembly and centrosome numbers.
      action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
      reason: >-
        While ESCRT-III depletion causes spindle defects (PMID:20616062), the mechanistic
        role is likely indirect through centrosome maintenance rather than direct
        regulation of spindle assembly.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:20616062
          supporting_text: depletion of individual ESCRT-III and VPS4 proteins also
            altered centrosome and spindle pole numbers
  - term:
      id: GO:1902774
      label: late endosome to lysosome transport
    evidence_type: IEA
    original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000117
    review:
      summary: >-
        CHMP1A functions in late endosome to lysosome transport as part of ESCRT-III.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Core endolysosomal trafficking function. MVBs fuse with lysosomes to deliver
        cargo for degradation (PMID:17984323, PMID:16505166).
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:17984323
          supporting_text: functional MVBs are required for clearance of TDP-43
  - term:
      id: GO:1904930
      label: amphisome membrane
    evidence_type: IEA
    original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000117
    review:
      summary: >-
        CHMP1A localizes to amphisome membranes, structures formed by autophagosome-endosome
        fusion.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Consistent with ESCRT-III function in autophagy and the requirement for
        functional MVBs in autophagic clearance (PMID:17984323).

# IPI annotations - protein binding
  - term:
      id: GO:0005515
      label: protein binding
    evidence_type: IPI
    original_reference_id: PMID:16730941
    review:
      summary: >-
        CHMP1A binds multiple ESCRT-related proteins including STAMBP, CHMP1B, and
        VPS4A.
      action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
      reason: >-
        Generic protein binding is not informative. The specific interactions documented
        in this paper (ESCRT-III components, MIT domain proteins) are more informative.
        Consider more specific terms like ESCRT complex binding.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:16730941
          supporting_text: 'May 30. A systematic analysis of human CHMP protein interactions:
            additional MIT domain-containing proteins bind to multiple components
            of the human ESCRT III complex.'
  - term:
      id: GO:0005515
      label: protein binding
    evidence_type: IPI
    original_reference_id: PMID:17711858
    review:
      summary: >-
        Documents UBPY (USP8) and STAMBP interactions with CHMP1A via MIT domains.
      action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
      reason: >-
        Generic protein binding. The paper documents specific interactions with deubiquitinating
        enzymes via MIT domain recognition of CHMP1A.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:17711858
          supporting_text: 2007 Aug 21. The MIT domain of UBPY constitutes a CHMP
            binding and endosomal localization signal required for efficient epidermal
            growth factor receptor degradation.
  - term:
      id: GO:0005515
      label: protein binding
    evidence_type: IPI
    original_reference_id: PMID:19302785
    review:
      summary: >-
        Ab initio modeling identifies MIT domain proteins that interact with CHMP1A.
      action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
      reason: >-
        Generic protein binding annotation from a structural modeling study.
        More specific molecular function terms would be more informative.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:19302785
          supporting_text: 2009 Feb 12. Ab initio protein modelling reveals novel
            human MIT domains.
  - term:
      id: GO:0005515
      label: protein binding
    evidence_type: IPI
    original_reference_id: PMID:21988832
    review:
      summary: >-
        High-throughput interactome study identifying CHMP1A interactions.
      action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
      reason: >-
        Generic protein binding from a large-scale study. Not informative
        about specific molecular function.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:21988832
          supporting_text: Toward an understanding of the protein interaction network
            of the human liver.
  - term:
      id: GO:0005515
      label: protein binding
    evidence_type: IPI
    original_reference_id: PMID:28514442
    review:
      summary: >-
        Large-scale interactome mapping study.
      action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
      reason: >-
        Generic protein binding annotation from high-throughput study.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:28514442
          supporting_text: Architecture of the human interactome defines protein communities
            and disease networks.
  - term:
      id: GO:0005515
      label: protein binding
    evidence_type: IPI
    original_reference_id: PMID:32296183
    review:
      summary: >-
        Reference map of human binary protein interactome identifies CHMP1A interactions.
      action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
      reason: >-
        Generic protein binding from systematic interactome study.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:32296183
          supporting_text: Apr 8. A reference map of the human binary protein interactome.
  - term:
      id: GO:0005515
      label: protein binding
    evidence_type: IPI
    original_reference_id: PMID:32814053
    review:
      summary: >-
        Interactome study of neurodegenerative disease proteins identifies CHMP1A
        interactions
        with huntingtin (HTT), alpha-synuclein (SNCA).
      action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
      reason: >-
        Generic protein binding. The interactions with disease proteins are interesting
        but the generic term is not informative.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:32814053
          supporting_text: Interactome Mapping Provides a Network of Neurodegenerative
            Disease Proteins and Uncovers Widespread Protein Aggregation in Affected
            Brains.
  - term:
      id: GO:0005515
      label: protein binding
    evidence_type: IPI
    original_reference_id: PMID:33961781
    review:
      summary: >-
        Dual proteome-scale network study.
      action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
      reason: >-
        Generic protein binding from high-throughput study.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:33961781
          supporting_text: 2021 May 6. Dual proteome-scale networks reveal cell-specific
            remodeling of the human interactome.
  - term:
      id: GO:0005515
      label: protein binding
    evidence_type: IPI
    original_reference_id: PMID:35271311
    review:
      summary: >-
        OpenCell endogenous tagging study.
      action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
      reason: >-
        Generic protein binding annotation.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:35271311
          supporting_text: '2022 Mar 11. OpenCell: Endogenous tagging for the cartography
            of human cellular organization.'
  - term:
      id: GO:0042802
      label: identical protein binding
    evidence_type: IPI
    original_reference_id: PMID:16730941
    review:
      summary: >-
        CHMP1A self-associates to form polymeric assemblies characteristic of ESCRT-III.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        ESCRT-III proteins self-associate to form membrane-remodeling polymers.
        This is a functionally important activity (PMID:16730941, UniProt).
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:14519844
          supporting_text: In particular, interactions between ESCRT-I and ESCRT-III
            are bridged by AIP-1/ALIX
        - reference_id: PMID:16730941
          supporting_text: 'May 30. A systematic analysis of human CHMP protein interactions:
            additional MIT domain-containing proteins bind to multiple components
            of the human ESCRT III complex.'
  - term:
      id: GO:0042802
      label: identical protein binding
    evidence_type: IPI
    original_reference_id: PMID:32296183
    review:
      summary: >-
        Confirmation of CHMP1A self-association in systematic interactome study.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Duplicate evidence for self-association, which is functionally important
        for ESCRT-III polymer formation.

# IDA annotations - direct experimental evidence
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:32296183
          supporting_text: Apr 8. A reference map of the human binary protein interactome.
  - term:
      id: GO:0005654
      label: nucleoplasm
    evidence_type: IDA
    original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000052
    review:
      summary: >-
        HPA immunofluorescence data shows CHMP1A in nucleoplasm.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Consistent with CHMP1A having both cytoplasmic and nuclear forms (PMID:11559747).
  - term:
      id: GO:0005829
      label: cytosol
    evidence_type: IDA
    original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000052
    review:
      summary: >-
        HPA data shows cytosolic localization.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Consistent with UniProt annotation. ESCRT-III proteins cycle between
        cytosolic and membrane-associated states.
  - term:
      id: GO:0000421
      label: autophagosome membrane
    evidence_type: IDA
    original_reference_id: PMID:17984323
    review:
      summary: >-
        ESCRT-III localizes to autophagosome membranes where functional MVBs are required
        for autophagic clearance.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Experimentally demonstrated localization relevant to ESCRT-III function in
        autophagy.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:17984323
          supporting_text: autophagic degradation is inhibited in cells depleted of
            ESCRT subunits
  - term:
      id: GO:0000776
      label: kinetochore
    evidence_type: IDA
    original_reference_id: PMID:26040712
    review:
      summary: >-
        ESCRT-III localizes to kinetochore regions during mitosis as demonstrated
        by imaging in this study.
      action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
      reason: >-
        While the localization is experimentally demonstrated, the functional significance
        of ESCRT-III at kinetochores is not fully characterized.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:20616062
          supporting_text: CHMP3 and CHMP4, were recently reported to localize to
            kinetochores in a global screen for proteins with possible mitotic functions
        - reference_id: PMID:26040712
          supporting_text: Spastin and ESCRT-III coordinate mitotic spindle disassembly
            and nuclear envelope sealing.
  - term:
      id: GO:0001778
      label: plasma membrane repair
    evidence_type: IDA
    original_reference_id: PMID:24482116
    review:
      summary: >-
        ESCRT machinery is rapidly recruited to plasma membrane wounds and is required
        for repair.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Well-documented ESCRT-III function demonstrated with direct experimental evidence.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:24482116
          supporting_text: ESCRT proteins were recruited within seconds to plasma
            membrane wounds...repair of certain wounds is ensured by ESCRT-mediated
            extracellular shedding
  - term:
      id: GO:0005765
      label: lysosomal membrane
    evidence_type: IDA
    original_reference_id: PMID:17984323
    review:
      summary: >-
        ESCRT-III localizes to lysosomal membranes in the context of autophagosome-lysosome
        fusion.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Experimentally demonstrated localization consistent with ESCRT-III role in
        autophagy and endolysosomal trafficking.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:17984323
          supporting_text: Functional multivesicular bodies are required for autophagic
            clearance of protein aggregates associated with neurodegenerative disease.
  - term:
      id: GO:0005828
      label: kinetochore microtubule
    evidence_type: IDA
    original_reference_id: PMID:26040712
    review:
      summary: >-
        ESCRT-III localizes to spindle structures during mitosis.
      action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
      reason: >-
        Localization demonstrated but the direct functional role at kinetochore
        microtubules is not fully characterized for CHMP1A.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:26040712
          supporting_text: Spastin and ESCRT-III coordinate mitotic spindle disassembly
            and nuclear envelope sealing.
  - term:
      id: GO:0005886
      label: plasma membrane
    evidence_type: IDA
    original_reference_id: PMID:24878737
    review:
      summary: >-
        ESCRT-III spirals form at the plasma membrane during viral budding studies.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Experimentally demonstrated localization. ESCRT-III functions at the plasma
        membrane for viral budding and membrane repair.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:24878737
          supporting_text: Structure of cellular ESCRT-III spirals and their relationship
            to HIV budding
  - term:
      id: GO:0006914
      label: autophagy
    evidence_type: IMP
    original_reference_id: PMID:17984323
    review:
      summary: >-
        ESCRT depletion inhibits autophagic degradation, causing accumulation of
        protein aggregates.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Well-documented requirement for functional MVBs in autophagy.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:17984323
          supporting_text: autophagic degradation is inhibited in cells depleted of
            ESCRT subunits
  - term:
      id: GO:0006997
      label: nucleus organization
    evidence_type: IMP
    original_reference_id: PMID:20616062
    review:
      summary: >-
        ESCRT-III depletion causes defects in nuclear morphology.
      action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
      reason: >-
        Nuclear defects are observed upon ESCRT-III depletion but this may be
        secondary to other mitotic defects rather than a direct nuclear organization
        role.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:20616062
          supporting_text: causing defects in chromosome segregation and nuclear morphology
  - term:
      id: GO:0007080
      label: mitotic metaphase chromosome alignment
    evidence_type: IMP
    original_reference_id: PMID:20616062
    review:
      summary: >-
        ESCRT-III depletion causes chromosome alignment defects.
      action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
      reason: >-
        Chromosome alignment defects are likely secondary to spindle/centrosome
        dysfunction rather than a direct role in alignment.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:20616062
          supporting_text: causing defects in chromosome segregation
  - term:
      id: GO:0030496
      label: midbody
    evidence_type: IDA
    original_reference_id: PMID:26040712
    review:
      summary: >-
        CHMP1A localizes to the midbody during cytokinesis.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Core localization for cytokinetic function. ESCRT-III is recruited to
        the midbody for abscission.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:20616062
          supporting_text: VPS4 proteins concentrated...at midbodies during cytokinesis
        - reference_id: PMID:26040712
          supporting_text: Spastin and ESCRT-III coordinate mitotic spindle disassembly
            and nuclear envelope sealing.
  - term:
      id: GO:0031468
      label: nuclear membrane reassembly
    evidence_type: IMP
    original_reference_id: PMID:26040713
    review:
      summary: >-
        ESCRT-III is required for sealing the nuclear envelope during telophase.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Core function demonstrated by functional studies. ESCRT-III mediates annular
        fusion to seal the reforming nuclear envelope.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:26040713
          supporting_text: Here we show that the endosomal sorting complex required
            for transport-III (ESCRT-III) machinery localizes to sites of annular
            fusion in the forming NE in human cells, and is necessary for proper post-mitotic
            nucleo-cytoplasmic compartmentalization
  - term:
      id: GO:0032585
      label: multivesicular body membrane
    evidence_type: IDA
    original_reference_id: PMID:16554368
    review:
      summary: >-
        ESCRT-III localizes to MVB membranes for ILV formation.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Core localization for ESCRT-III function in MVB biogenesis.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:16554368
          supporting_text: this ESCRT subunit, like Tsg101, is important for degradation
            of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor (EGFR) and for transport
            of the receptor from early endosomes to lysosomes
  - term:
      id: GO:0036258
      label: multivesicular body assembly
    evidence_type: NAS
    original_reference_id: PMID:16505166
    review:
      summary: >-
        CHMP1A participates in MVB assembly as an ESCRT-III subunit.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Core function. ESCRT-III is required for MVB assembly and ILV formation.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:16505166
          supporting_text: Recycling of ESCRTs by the AAA-ATPase Vps4 is regulated
            by a conserved VSL region in Vta1
  - term:
      id: GO:0039702
      label: viral budding via host ESCRT complex
    evidence_type: IDA
    original_reference_id: PMID:24878737
    review:
      summary: >-
        ESCRT-III spirals form during HIV budding as visualized in this structural
        study.
      action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
      reason: >-
        Documented ESCRT-III function but represents viral exploitation rather than
        endogenous function.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:24878737
          supporting_text: Structure of cellular ESCRT-III spirals and their relationship
            to HIV budding
  - term:
      id: GO:0043162
      label: ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process via the multivesicular
        body sorting pathway
    evidence_type: IDA
    original_reference_id: PMID:17984323
    review:
      summary: >-
        ESCRT is required for degradation of ubiquitinated proteins via the MVB pathway.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Core ESCRT pathway function in targeting ubiquitinated proteins for lysosomal
        degradation.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:17984323
          supporting_text: leading to accumulation of protein aggregates containing
            ubiquitinated proteins
  - term:
      id: GO:0046761
      label: viral budding from plasma membrane
    evidence_type: IDA
    original_reference_id: PMID:24878737
    review:
      summary: >-
        ESCRT-III forms spirals at the plasma membrane during HIV budding.
      action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
      reason: >-
        Documented ESCRT-III function in viral budding but represents viral
        exploitation of cellular machinery.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:24878737
          supporting_text: Structure of cellular ESCRT-III spirals and their relationship
            to HIV budding.
  - term:
      id: GO:0051469
      label: vesicle fusion with vacuole
    evidence_type: NAS
    original_reference_id: PMID:16505166
    review:
      summary: >-
        ESCRT-III participates in MVB-lysosome fusion pathway.
      action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
      reason: >-
        While ESCRTs are involved in the MVB pathway, the direct role in
        fusion (as opposed to MVB formation) is less well characterized.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:16505166
          supporting_text: Recycling of ESCRTs by the AAA-ATPase Vps4 is regulated
            by a conserved VSL region in Vta1.
  - term:
      id: GO:0061763
      label: multivesicular body-lysosome fusion
    evidence_type: NAS
    original_reference_id: PMID:16505166
    review:
      summary: >-
        ESCRT function is required for MVB-lysosome fusion pathway.
      action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
      reason: >-
        The primary ESCRT-III role is in MVB formation rather than the fusion step,
        which involves SNARE machinery.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:16505166
          supporting_text: Recycling of ESCRTs by the AAA-ATPase Vps4 is regulated
            by a conserved VSL region in Vta1.
  - term:
      id: GO:0061952
      label: midbody abscission
    evidence_type: IMP
    original_reference_id: PMID:20616062
    review:
      summary: >-
        ESCRT-III depletion inhibits cytokinetic abscission.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Core function. ESCRT-III mediates the final membrane fission step of cytokinesis.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:20616062
          supporting_text: depletion of VPS4A, VPS4B, or any of the 11 different human
            ESCRT-III (CHMP) proteins inhibited abscission
  - term:
      id: GO:0071985
      label: multivesicular body sorting pathway
    evidence_type: IDA
    original_reference_id: PMID:16554368
    review:
      summary: >-
        CHMP1A functions in the MVB sorting pathway as an ESCRT-III subunit.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Core function. ESCRT-III is essential for the MVB sorting pathway.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:16554368
          supporting_text: this ESCRT subunit, like Tsg101, is important for degradation
            of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor (EGFR)
  - term:
      id: GO:0090148
      label: membrane fission
    evidence_type: NAS
    original_reference_id: PMID:19234443
    review:
      summary: >-
        ESCRT-III mediates membrane scission at MVBs, midbody, and other sites.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Core molecular function of ESCRT-III. The complex mediates topologically
        equivalent membrane fission events.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:19234443
          supporting_text: Membrane scission by the ESCRT-III complex
  - term:
      id: GO:0097352
      label: autophagosome maturation
    evidence_type: IMP
    original_reference_id: PMID:17984323
    review:
      summary: >-
        Functional MVBs are required for autophagosome maturation and autophagic clearance.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Experimentally demonstrated. ESCRT depletion causes accumulation of protein
        aggregates.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:17984323
          supporting_text: autophagic degradation is inhibited in cells depleted of
            ESCRT subunits
  - term:
      id: GO:1901673
      label: regulation of mitotic spindle assembly
    evidence_type: IMP
    original_reference_id: PMID:20616062
    review:
      summary: >-
        ESCRT-III depletion affects spindle organization.
      action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
      reason: >-
        Spindle defects likely result from centrosome dysfunction rather than
        direct regulation of spindle assembly.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:20616062
          supporting_text: depletion of individual ESCRT-III and VPS4 proteins also
            altered centrosome and spindle pole numbers
  - term:
      id: GO:1902774
      label: late endosome to lysosome transport
    evidence_type: IMP
    original_reference_id: PMID:17984323
    review:
      summary: >-
        ESCRT is required for efficient transport from late endosomes to lysosomes.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Core endolysosomal trafficking function demonstrated by functional studies.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:17984323
          supporting_text: functional MVBs are required for clearance
  - term:
      id: GO:1904930
      label: amphisome membrane
    evidence_type: IDA
    original_reference_id: PMID:17984323
    review:
      summary: >-
        ESCRT-III localizes to amphisome membranes.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Consistent with ESCRT-III function in autophagy. Amphisomes are intermediates
        in autophagosome-lysosome fusion.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:17984323
          supporting_text: Functional multivesicular bodies are required for autophagic
            clearance of protein aggregates associated with neurodegenerative disease.
  - term:
      id: GO:0007076
      label: mitotic chromosome condensation
    evidence_type: IDA
    original_reference_id: PMID:11559747
    review:
      summary: >-
        CHMP1A was originally characterized as affecting chromatin condensation.
        Overexpressed CHMP1A localizes to condensed chromatin.
      action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
      reason: >-
        While documented in the original characterization paper, this appears to be
        a secondary nuclear function. The IDA evidence is based on overexpression.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:11559747
          supporting_text: Overexpressed CHMP1 localizes to a punctate subnuclear
            pattern, encapsulating regions of nuclease-resistant, condensed chromatin
  - term:
      id: GO:0010629
      label: negative regulation of gene expression
    evidence_type: IDA
    original_reference_id: PMID:11559747
    review:
      summary: >-
        CHMP1A recruits BMI1 and affects gene silencing through Polycomb group interaction.
      action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
      reason: >-
        Secondary nuclear function. The PcG interaction is documented but is not
        the primary ESCRT-III membrane fission function.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:11559747
          supporting_text: CHMP1 can recruit a PcG protein, BMI1, to these regions
            of condensed chromatin...consistent with a role in PcG function

# TAS annotations
  - term:
      id: GO:0005829
      label: cytosol
    evidence_type: TAS
    original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-9610942
    review:
      summary: >-
        Reactome annotation for HCMV final envelopment complex formation.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Cytosolic localization is consistent with ESCRT-III biology.
        The soluble pool is recruited to membranes upon activation.
  - term:
      id: GO:0005829
      label: cytosol
    evidence_type: TAS
    original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-9610954
    review:
      summary: >-
        Reactome annotation for HCMV final envelopment.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Duplicate cytosol annotation from Reactome pathway.
  - term:
      id: GO:0036258
      label: multivesicular body assembly
    evidence_type: NAS
    original_reference_id: PMID:20588296
    review:
      summary: >-
        Review article on ESCRT-mediated membrane budding and scission.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Core function of ESCRT-III in MVB assembly is well established.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:20588296
          supporting_text: Membrane budding and scission by the ESCRT machinery
  - term:
      id: GO:0039702
      label: viral budding via host ESCRT complex
    evidence_type: NAS
    original_reference_id: PMID:20588296
    review:
      summary: >-
        Review discusses ESCRT role in viral budding.
      action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
      reason: >-
        Viral budding is a documented ESCRT function but represents exploitation
        of cellular machinery.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:20588296
          supporting_text: "Jun 30. Membrane budding and scission by the ESCRT machinery:\
            \ it's all in the neck."
  - term:
      id: GO:1904903
      label: ESCRT III complex disassembly
    evidence_type: NAS
    original_reference_id: PMID:20588296
    review:
      summary: >-
        VPS4 disassembles ESCRT-III polymers. CHMP1A participates in this cycle.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        VPS4-mediated disassembly is essential for ESCRT-III recycling and function.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:16505166
          supporting_text: Recycling of ESCRTs by the AAA-ATPase Vps4
        - reference_id: PMID:20588296
          supporting_text: "Jun 30. Membrane budding and scission by the ESCRT machinery:\
            \ it's all in the neck."
  - term:
      id: GO:0051301
      label: cell division
    evidence_type: IMP
    original_reference_id: PMID:19129479
    review:
      summary: >-
        IST1 functional studies demonstrate requirement for ESCRT-III in cell division.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Core function. ESCRT-III is required for cytokinetic abscission.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:19129479
          supporting_text: Biochemical analyses of human IST1 and its function in
            cytokinesis
  - term:
      id: GO:0010824
      label: regulation of centrosome duplication
    evidence_type: IMP
    original_reference_id: PMID:20616062
    review:
      summary: >-
        ESCRT-III depletion causes centrosome amplification.
      action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
      reason: >-
        Centrosome defects are observed but the mechanistic role is not fully understood.
        May involve indirect effects through endosomal trafficking.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:20616062
          supporting_text: approximately 80% of HeLa cells lacking VPS4B exhibited
            multiple centrosomes

# Additional IPI annotations
  - term:
      id: GO:0005515
      label: protein binding
    evidence_type: IPI
    original_reference_id: PMID:14519844
    review:
      summary: >-
        Documents CHMP1A interactions with CHMP1B and VPS4A in the context of
        retroviral budding.
      action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
      reason: >-
        Generic protein binding. The specific interactions documented are
        more informative than this generic term.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:14519844
          supporting_text: Divergent retroviral late-budding domains recruit vacuolar
            protein sorting factors by using alternative adaptor proteins.
  - term:
      id: GO:0042803
      label: protein homodimerization activity
    evidence_type: IPI
    original_reference_id: PMID:14519844
    review:
      summary: >-
        CHMP1A self-associates.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Self-association is important for ESCRT-III polymer formation.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:14519844
          supporting_text: Divergent retroviral late-budding domains recruit vacuolar
            protein sorting factors
  - term:
      id: GO:0005515
      label: protein binding
    evidence_type: IPI
    original_reference_id: PMID:14505570
    review:
      summary: >-
        HIV budding protein network study documenting ESCRT interactions.
      action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
      reason: >-
        Generic protein binding. Specific interactions with VPS4A, VPS4B,
        CHMP1B are more informative.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:14505570
          supporting_text: The protein network of HIV budding.
  - term:
      id: GO:0042803
      label: protein homodimerization activity
    evidence_type: IPI
    original_reference_id: PMID:14505570
    review:
      summary: >-
        CHMP1A self-association documented.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Functionally important self-association for polymer formation.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:14505570
          supporting_text: The protein network of HIV budding.
  - term:
      id: GO:0005515
      label: protein binding
    evidence_type: IPI
    original_reference_id: PMID:23045692
    review:
      summary: >-
        Documents CHMP1A interaction with MITD1 via C-terminal motif.
      action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
      reason: >-
        Generic protein binding. The specific interaction with MITD1 for
        cytokinesis is more informative.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:23045692
          supporting_text: ESCRT-III binding protein MITD1 is involved in cytokinesis
            and has an unanticipated PLD fold that binds membranes.
  - term:
      id: GO:0070062
      label: extracellular exosome
    evidence_type: HDA
    original_reference_id: PMID:19056867
    review:
      summary: >-
        CHMP1A identified in urinary exosome proteomics.
      action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
      reason: >-
        Detection in exosomes may reflect ESCRT-III role in MVB/exosome biogenesis
        or could be incidental. Not a core localization.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:19056867
          supporting_text: 2008 Dec 3. Large-scale proteomics and phosphoproteomics
            of urinary exosomes.
  - term:
      id: GO:0005515
      label: protein binding
    evidence_type: IPI
    original_reference_id: PMID:19129480
    review:
      summary: >-
        IST1 binds CHMP1A for cytokinesis function.
      action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
      reason: >-
        Generic protein binding. The specific IST1 interaction is documented
        in the protein domain specific binding annotation.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:19129480
          supporting_text: Jan 7. Essential role of hIST1 in cytokinesis.
  - term:
      id: GO:0005515
      label: protein binding
    evidence_type: IPI
    original_reference_id: PMID:19129479
    review:
      summary: >-
        Biochemical study of IST1-CHMP1A interaction.
      action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
      reason: >-
        Generic protein binding.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:19129479
          supporting_text: Jan 7. Biochemical analyses of human IST1 and its function
            in cytokinesis.
  - term:
      id: GO:0019904
      label: protein domain specific binding
    evidence_type: IPI
    original_reference_id: PMID:17928862
    review:
      summary: >-
        CHMP1A C-terminal MIM motif binds VPS4 MIT domain. Structural characterization
        of the interaction.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Specific and functionally important interaction. The VPS4 MIT domain
        recognizes ESCRT-III MIM motifs for complex disassembly.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:17928862
          supporting_text: ESCRT-III recognition by VPS4 ATPases

# Erroneous TAS annotations from original PRSM1 characterization
  - term:
      id: GO:0008237
      label: metallopeptidase activity
    evidence_type: TAS
    original_reference_id: PMID:8863740
    review:
      summary: >-
        This annotation is erroneous. The original 1996 paper incorrectly translated
        the PRSM1 ORF and proposed metallopeptidase function based on a spurious
        zinc metalloprotease motif.
      action: REMOVE
      reason: >-
        UniProt explicitly notes this was "based on a wrong translation of the ORF
        which gave rise to a putative protein of 318 AA containing a pattern
        reminiscent of zinc metalloproteases." CHMP1A has no metallopeptidase activity.
      additional_reference_ids: ["UniProt:Q9HD42"]
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:8863740
          supporting_text: Molecular cloning, expression and chromosomal localization
            of a human gene encoding a 33 kDa putative metallopeptidase (PRSM1).
  - term:
      id: GO:0008270
      label: zinc ion binding
    evidence_type: TAS
    original_reference_id: PMID:8863740
    review:
      summary: >-
        This annotation is erroneous, arising from the same mistranslation that
        led to the incorrect metallopeptidase annotation.
      action: REMOVE
      reason: >-
        Based on erroneous translation of the gene. There is no evidence that
        CHMP1A binds zinc. UniProt documents this error.
      additional_reference_ids:
        - UniProt:Q9HD42

# More IPI annotations
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:8863740
          supporting_text: Molecular cloning, expression and chromosomal localization
            of a human gene encoding a 33 kDa putative metallopeptidase (PRSM1).
  - term:
      id: GO:0005515
      label: protein binding
    evidence_type: IPI
    original_reference_id: PMID:11559748
    review:
      summary: >-
        Original CHMP1 characterization documenting VPS4A interaction.
      action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
      reason: >-
        Generic protein binding. The VPS4A interaction is captured in more
        specific annotations.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:11559748
          supporting_text: CHMP1 functions as a member of a newly defined family of
            vesicle trafficking proteins.
  - term:
      id: GO:0005515
      label: protein binding
    evidence_type: IPI
    original_reference_id: PMID:12445808
    review:
      summary: >-
        Hepatitis C virus NS4B interaction with CHMP1A identified.
      action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
      reason: >-
        Generic protein binding from virus-host interaction study. The biological
        significance is unclear.

# Additional localization annotations
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:12445808
          supporting_text: Physical interaction between hepatitis C virus NS4B protein
            and CREB-RP/ATF6beta.
  - term:
      id: GO:0000794
      label: condensed nuclear chromosome
    evidence_type: IDA
    original_reference_id: PMID:11559747
    review:
      summary: >-
        CHMP1A localizes to condensed chromatin upon overexpression.
      action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
      reason: >-
        Secondary nuclear function documented in the original characterization.
        Overexpression study, may not reflect physiological localization.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:11559747
          supporting_text: Overexpressed CHMP1 localizes to a punctate subnuclear
            pattern, encapsulating regions of nuclease-resistant, condensed chromatin
  - term:
      id: GO:0005769
      label: early endosome
    evidence_type: IDA
    original_reference_id: PMID:11559748
    review:
      summary: >-
        CHMP1A localizes to early endosomes.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Consistent with ESCRT-III recruitment to endosomes. The cytoplasmic form
        is partially membrane-associated and localizes to early endosomes.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:11559748
          supporting_text: CHMP1 functions as a member of a newly defined family of
            vesicle trafficking proteins
  - term:
      id: GO:0005815
      label: microtubule organizing center
    evidence_type: IDA
    original_reference_id: PMID:11559748
    review:
      summary: >-
        CHMP1A localizes to MTOC/centrosome.
      action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
      reason: >-
        Centrosomal localization is documented and ESCRT-III depletion affects
        centrosome numbers (PMID:20616062), but the functional role at
        centrosomes is not fully characterized.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:20616062
          supporting_text: depletion of individual ESCRT-III and VPS4 proteins also
            altered centrosome and spindle pole numbers
        - reference_id: PMID:11559748
          supporting_text: CHMP1 functions as a member of a newly defined family of
            vesicle trafficking proteins.
  - term:
      id: GO:0012505
      label: endomembrane system
    evidence_type: IDA
    original_reference_id: PMID:11559748
    review:
      summary: >-
        CHMP1A is part of the endomembrane system as an ESCRT-III component.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Appropriate general localization for an ESCRT-III protein that functions
        at endosomes and other membrane compartments.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:11559748
          supporting_text: CHMP1 functions as a member of a newly defined family of
            vesicle trafficking proteins.
  - term:
      id: GO:0016192
      label: vesicle-mediated transport
    evidence_type: IDA
    original_reference_id: PMID:11559748
    review:
      summary: >-
        CHMP1A functions in vesicle trafficking as an ESCRT-III component.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Core function. ESCRT-III mediates vesicle formation at MVBs.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:11559748
          supporting_text: CHMP1 functions as a member of a newly defined family of
            vesicle trafficking proteins
  - term:
      id: GO:0016363
      label: nuclear matrix
    evidence_type: IDA
    original_reference_id: PMID:11559747
    review:
      summary: >-
        CHMP1A has a nuclear form that associates with the nuclear matrix.
      action: ACCEPT
      reason: >-
        Experimentally validated localization. CHMP1 distributes to both
        cytoplasm and nuclear matrix.
      supported_by:
        - reference_id: PMID:11559747
          supporting_text: CHMP1 contains a predicted bipartite nuclear localization
            signal and distributes as distinct forms to the cytoplasm and the nuclear
            matrix in all cell lines tested
references:
  - id: GO_REF:0000002
    title: Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO
      terms
    findings:
      - statement: CHMP1A contains the Snf7 family domain characteristic of ESCRT-III
          proteins.
  - id: GO_REF:0000033
    title: Annotation inferences using phylogenetic trees
    findings:
      - statement: Phylogenetic analysis supports CHMP1A as an ESCRT-III subunit with
          conserved MVB sorting function.
  - id: GO_REF:0000043
    title: Gene Ontology annotation based on UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot keyword mapping
    findings: []
  - id: GO_REF:0000044
    title: Gene Ontology annotation based on UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Subcellular Location
      vocabulary mapping
    findings: []
  - id: GO_REF:0000052
    title: Gene Ontology annotation based on curation of immunofluorescence data
    findings: []
  - id: GO_REF:0000117
    title: Electronic Gene Ontology annotations created by ARBA machine learning models
    findings: []
  - id: PMID:11559747
    title: CHMP1 is a novel nuclear matrix protein affecting chromatin structure and
      cell-cycle progression.
    findings:
      - statement: >-
          Original characterization of CHMP1A showing nuclear matrix localization
          and
          chromatin condensation effects through Polycomb group protein interaction.
  - id: PMID:11559748
    title: CHMP1 functions as a member of a newly defined family of vesicle trafficking
      proteins.
    findings:
      - statement: >-
          Characterization of CHMP1A as a VPS4-interacting protein involved in vesicle
          trafficking
          with early endosome and MTOC localization.
  - id: PMID:12445808
    title: Physical interaction between hepatitis C virus NS4B protein and CREB-RP/ATF6beta.
    findings: []
  - id: PMID:14505570
    title: The protein network of HIV budding.
    findings:
      - statement: >-
          Systematic analysis of HIV budding protein network identifying CHMP1A interactions
          with VPS4A, VPS4B, and CHMP1B.
  - id: PMID:14519844
    title: Divergent retroviral late-budding domains recruit vacuolar protein sorting
      factors by using alternative adaptor proteins.
    findings:
      - statement: CHMP1A self-associates and interacts with CHMP1B and VPS4A.
  - id: PMID:16505166
    title: Recycling of ESCRTs by the AAA-ATPase Vps4 is regulated by a conserved
      VSL region in Vta1.
    findings:
      - statement: VPS4 recycles ESCRT-III components including CHMP1A after membrane
          fission.
  - id: PMID:16554368
    title: The ESCRT-III subunit hVps24 is required for degradation but not silencing
      of the epidermal growth factor receptor.
    findings:
      - statement: ESCRT-III is required for EGFR degradation via the MVB pathway.
  - id: PMID:16730941
    title: A systematic analysis of human CHMP protein interactions; additional MIT
      domain-containing proteins bind to multiple components of the human ESCRT III
      complex.
    findings:
      - statement: Systematic mapping of CHMP1A interactions with MIT domain proteins.
  - id: PMID:17711858
    title: The MIT domain of UBPY constitutes a CHMP binding and endosomal localization
      signal required for efficient epidermal growth factor receptor degradation.
    findings:
      - statement: UBPY/USP8 MIT domain interacts with CHMP proteins including CHMP1A.
  - id: PMID:17928862
    title: ESCRT-III recognition by VPS4 ATPases.
    findings:
      - statement: >-
          Structural characterization of VPS4 MIT domain recognition of CHMP1A MIM
          motif
          (residues 180-196).
  - id: PMID:17984323
    title: Functional multivesicular bodies are required for autophagic clearance
      of protein aggregates associated with neurodegenerative disease.
    findings:
      - statement: >-
          ESCRT depletion inhibits autophagic degradation, causing accumulation of
          ubiquitinated protein aggregates. Functional MVBs are required for autophagy.
  - id: PMID:19056867
    title: Large-scale proteomics and phosphoproteomics of urinary exosomes.
    findings: []
  - id: PMID:19129479
    title: Biochemical analyses of human IST1 and its function in cytokinesis.
    findings:
      - statement: IST1 interacts with CHMP1A and is required for cytokinesis.
  - id: PMID:19129480
    title: Essential role of hIST1 in cytokinesis.
    findings:
      - statement: IST1 binds CHMP1A and functions in cytokinetic abscission.
  - id: PMID:19234443
    title: Membrane scission by the ESCRT-III complex.
    findings:
      - statement: ESCRT-III mediates membrane scission at MVBs and other sites.
  - id: PMID:19302785
    title: Ab initio protein modelling reveals novel human MIT domains.
    findings: []
  - id: PMID:20588296
    title: "Membrane budding and scission by the ESCRT machinery: it's all in the\
      \ neck."
    findings:
      - statement: Review of ESCRT-mediated membrane fission mechanism.
  - id: PMID:20616062
    title: Human ESCRT-III and VPS4 proteins are required for centrosome and spindle
      maintenance.
    findings:
      - statement: >-
          Systematic analysis showing all 11 ESCRT-III proteins including CHMP1A are
          required
          for abscission. Depletion causes centrosome amplification and spindle defects.
  - id: PMID:21988832
    title: Toward an understanding of the protein interaction network of the human
      liver.
    findings: []
  - id: PMID:23045692
    title: ESCRT-III binding protein MITD1 is involved in cytokinesis and has an unanticipated
      PLD fold that binds membranes.
    findings:
      - statement: MITD1 binds CHMP1A and functions in cytokinesis.
  - id: PMID:24482116
    title: ESCRT machinery is required for plasma membrane repair.
    findings:
      - statement: >-
          ESCRTs are recruited within seconds to plasma membrane wounds and mediate
          repair
          via extracellular shedding of damaged membrane.
  - id: PMID:24878737
    title: Structure of cellular ESCRT-III spirals and their relationship to HIV budding.
    findings:
      - statement: ESCRT-III forms spirals at the plasma membrane during viral budding.
  - id: PMID:26040712
    title: Spastin and ESCRT-III coordinate mitotic spindle disassembly and nuclear
      envelope sealing.
    findings:
      - statement: >-
          ESCRT-III is recruited to the reforming nuclear envelope where it coordinates
          with spastin for spindle microtubule severing and NE sealing.
  - id: PMID:26040713
    title: ESCRT-III controls nuclear envelope reformation.
    findings:
      - statement: >-
          ESCRT-III localizes to sites of annular fusion in the forming nuclear envelope
          and is required for proper nucleo-cytoplasmic compartmentalization.
  - id: PMID:28514442
    title: Architecture of the human interactome defines protein communities and disease
      networks.
    findings: []
  - id: PMID:32296183
    title: A reference map of the human binary protein interactome.
    findings: []
  - id: PMID:32814053
    title: Interactome Mapping Provides a Network of Neurodegenerative Disease Proteins
      and Uncovers Widespread Protein Aggregation in Affected Brains.
    findings:
      - statement: CHMP1A interacts with huntingtin and alpha-synuclein.
  - id: PMID:33961781
    title: Dual proteome-scale networks reveal cell-specific remodeling of the human
      interactome.
    findings: []
  - id: PMID:35271311
    title: OpenCell Endogenous tagging for the cartography of human cellular organization.
    findings: []
  - id: PMID:8863740
    title: Molecular cloning, expression and chromosomal localization of a human gene
      encoding a 33 kDa putative metallopeptidase (PRSM1).
    findings:
      - statement: >-
          ERRONEOUS - This paper incorrectly translated the ORF and proposed metallopeptidase
          function. UniProt notes this error.
  - id: Reactome:R-HSA-9610942
    title: HCMV Formation of Final Envelopment Complex
    findings: []
  - id: Reactome:R-HSA-9610954
    title: HCMV Final Envelopment
    findings: []
  - id: file:human/CHMP1A/CHMP1A-deep-research-falcon.md
    title: Deep research report on CHMP1A
    findings: []
core_functions:
  - description: >-
      ESCRT-III subunit function in MVB formation and cargo sorting. CHMP1A is a core
      component
      of the ESCRT-III complex that polymerizes at the neck of forming intraluminal
      vesicles
      and mediates membrane fission in coordination with VPS4 ATPases.
    molecular_function:
      id: GO:0042802
      label: identical protein binding
    directly_involved_in:
      - id: GO:0036258
        label: multivesicular body assembly
    locations:
      - id: GO:0032585
        label: multivesicular body membrane
    supported_by:
      - reference_id: PMID:16554368
        supporting_text: this ESCRT subunit, like Tsg101, is important for degradation
          of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor (EGFR) and for transport of
          the receptor from early endosomes to lysosomes
    in_complex:
      id: GO:0000815
      label: ESCRT III complex
  - description: >-
      Cytokinetic abscission. CHMP1A is recruited to the midbody during the final
      stage of
      cell division where ESCRT-III mediates the membrane fission step that separates
      daughter cells.
    molecular_function:
      id: GO:0042802
      label: identical protein binding
    directly_involved_in:
      - id: GO:0061952
        label: midbody abscission
    locations:
      - id: GO:0030496
        label: midbody
    supported_by:
      - reference_id: PMID:20616062
        supporting_text: depletion of VPS4A, VPS4B, or any of the 11 different human
          ESCRT-III (CHMP) proteins inhibited abscission
  - description: >-
      Nuclear envelope reformation. CHMP1A as part of ESCRT-III is transiently recruited
      to
      the reforming nuclear envelope during telophase where it mediates annular fusion
      to
      seal the envelope and ensure nuclear integrity.
    molecular_function:
      id: GO:0042802
      label: identical protein binding
    directly_involved_in:
      - id: GO:0031468
        label: nuclear membrane reassembly
    supported_by:
      - reference_id: PMID:26040713
        supporting_text: Here we show that the endosomal sorting complex required
          for transport-III (ESCRT-III) machinery localizes to sites of annular fusion
          in the forming NE in human cells, and is necessary for proper post-mitotic
          nucleo-cytoplasmic compartmentalization
    in_complex:
      id: GO:0000815
      label: ESCRT III complex
  - description: >-
      Autophagosome maturation. CHMP1A contributes to autophagy by participating in
      ESCRT-III-dependent processes required for autophagosome-lysosome fusion and
      autophagic clearance of protein aggregates.
    molecular_function:
      id: GO:0042802
      label: identical protein binding
    directly_involved_in:
      - id: GO:0097352
        label: autophagosome maturation
    locations:
      - id: GO:0000421
        label: autophagosome membrane
    supported_by:
      - reference_id: PMID:17984323
        supporting_text: autophagic degradation is inhibited in cells depleted of
          ESCRT subunits and in cells expressing CHMP2B mutants, leading to accumulation
          of protein aggregates containing ubiquitinated proteins
  - description: >-
      Plasma membrane repair. ESCRT-III including CHMP1A is rapidly recruited to sites
      of
      plasma membrane damage where it mediates repair through extracellular shedding
      of
      wounded membrane portions.
    molecular_function:
      id: GO:0042802
      label: identical protein binding
    directly_involved_in:
      - id: GO:0001778
        label: plasma membrane repair
    locations:
      - id: GO:0005886
        label: plasma membrane
    supported_by:
      - reference_id: PMID:24482116
        supporting_text: ESCRT proteins were recruited within seconds to plasma membrane
          wounds
proposed_new_terms: []
suggested_questions:
  - question: What is the specific contribution of CHMP1A vs CHMP1B to ESCRT-III function
      at different cellular sites?
    experts: [Stenmark H]
  - question: How is CHMP1A recruitment specifically regulated at the nuclear envelope
      vs midbody vs MVBs?
    experts: [Stenmark H, Saksena S]
  - question: What is the mechanistic basis for the centrosome phenotypes observed
      upon ESCRT-III depletion?
    experts: [Bhutta MS]
suggested_experiments:
  - description: Rescue experiments in CHMP1A-depleted cells to determine which domains
      are required for different functions
    hypothesis: Different domains of CHMP1A may be differentially required for MVB,
      cytokinesis, and nuclear envelope functions
    experiment_type: Rescue assay
  - description: Live imaging of endogenously tagged CHMP1A to characterize recruitment
      dynamics at different cellular sites
    hypothesis: CHMP1A recruitment kinetics differ between MVBs, midbody, and nuclear
      envelope
    experiment_type: Live cell imaging
  - description: Proximity labeling (BioID/APEX) to identify site-specific CHMP1A
      interaction partners
    hypothesis: CHMP1A interacts with different proteins at different cellular locations
    experiment_type: Proximity proteomics