CHAF1A

Chromatin assembly factor I (CAF1) is a nuclear complex consisting of p50, p60 (CHAF1B; MIM 601245), and p150 (CHAF1A) subunits that assembles histone octamers onto replicating DNA in vitro (Kaufman et al., 1995 [PubMed 7600578]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]

Chromatin Assembly Factor 1 Subunit A

Core component of the CAF-1 complex, a complex that is thought to mediate chromatin assembly in DNA replication and DNA repair. Assembles histone octamers onto replicating DNA in vitro. CAF-1 performs the first step of the nucleosome assembly process, bringing newly synthesized histones H3 and H4 to replicating DNA; histones H2A/H2B can bind to this chromatin precursor subsequent to DNA replication to complete the histone octamer. It may play a role in heterochromatin maintenance in proliferating cells by bringing newly synthesized cbx proteins to heterochromatic DNA replication foci.

Cell cycle Source: UniProtKB-KW
Chromatin assembly Source: UniProtKB
DNA repair Source: UniProtKB-KW
DNA replication Source: UniProtKB-KW
DNA replication-dependent nucleosome assembly Source: UniProtKB
Nucleosome assembly Source: GO_Central

Nucleus. DNA replication foci.