This family includes both Yippee-type proteins and Mis18 kinetochore proteins. Yippee are putative zinc-binding/DNA-binding proteins. Mis18 are proteins involved in the priming of centromeres for recruiting CENP-A. Mis18-alpha and beta form part of a small complex with Mis18-binding protein. Mis18-alpha is found to interact with DNA de-methylases through a Leu-rich region located at its carboxyl terminus [5]. This entry also includes the CULT domain proteins such as Cereblon [6].

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2: Why YPEL3 represents a novel tumor suppressor. Berberich SJ, Todd A, Tuttle R; Front Biosci. 2011;16:1746-1751. PMID:21196260

3: Priming of centromere for CENP-A recruitment by human hMis18alpha, hMis18beta, and M18BP1. Fujita Y, Hayashi T, Kiyomitsu T, Toyoda Y, Kokubu A, Obuse C, Yanagida M; Dev Cell. 2007;12:17-30. PMID:17199038

4: Centromeres poised en pointe: CDKs put a hold on CENP-A assembly. Stimpson KM, Sullivan BA; Dev Cell. 2012;22:1-2. PMID:22264723

5: Keeping centromeric identity. Baumann K; Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2012;13:340. PMID:22552327

6: The thalidomide-binding domain of cereblon defines the CULT domain family and is a new member of the beta-tent fold. Lupas AN, Zhu H, Korycinski M; PLoS Comput Biol. 2015;11:e1004023. PMID:25569776