Kinetochore- and microtubule-binding protein that plays a key role in spindle assembly ( ). ZNF207/BuGZ is mainly composed of disordered low-complexity regions and undergoes phase transition or coacervation to form temperature-dependent liquid droplets. Coacervation promotes microtubule bundling and concentrates tubulin, promoting microtubule polymerization and assembly of spindle and spindle matrix by concentrating its building blocks . Also acts as a regulator of mitotic chromosome alignment by mediating the stability and kinetochore loading of BUB3 (, ). Mechanisms by which BUB3 is protected are unclear: according to a first report, ZNF207/BuGZ may act by blocking ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation of BUB3 . According to another report, the stabilization is independent of the proteasome .
Subcellular locations: Nucleus, Chromosome, Centromere, Kinetochore, Cytoplasm, Cytoskeleton, Spindle
Localizes primarily to the nucleus in interphase, concentrates at kinetochores prior to nuclear envelope breakdown and during early prometaphase, and disappears from kinetochores upon microtubule-binding.
Ubiquitous.