Synonyms:
NUMA; NUMA1; NUMA 1; NuMA protein; SP H antigen; Structural nuclear protein; Centrophilin stabilizes mitotic spindle in mitotic cells; Nuclear mitotic apparatus protein 1; Nuclear mitotic apparatus protein; NUMA1_HUMAN; NMP 22; NMP-22; NMP22; Nuclear matrix protein 22; Nuclear mitotic apparatus protein 1; Nuclear mitotic apparatus protein; NuMA protein; SP-H antigen.
Introduction:
NuMA (nuclear mitotic apparatus) is a long coil-coiled protein that plays a role in the interphase and mitosis phases of a cell cycle. In interphase, it has been hypothesized to play a structural role in the nucleoskeleton that may be important in nuclear organization and functions. During mitosis, it is associated with spindle microtubule organization and chromosome positioning.