The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Chromobox Homolog 5 across different species:

chromobox homolog 5 (HP1 alpha homolog, Drosophila) (cbx5), chromobox homolog 5 (HP1 alpha homolog, Drosophila) (CBX5), chromobox homolog 5 (HP1 alpha homolog, Drosophila) (Cbx5), chromobox homolog 5 (Drosophila HP1a) (Cbx5)

Other aliases include:

MGC158601, id:ibd2026, wu:fc63e02, wu:fe47g12, wu:fi03h05, zgc:158601, CBX5, cbx5, MGC64354, MGC76213, MGC89578, HP1, HP1A, Hp1a, C75991, 2610029O15Rik

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Chromobox Homolog 5:

chromobox homolog 5 – chromobox homolog 5 (HP1 alpha homolog, Drosophila) – chromobox-like protein 5 – chromobox-like protein 5 (HP1 alpha homolog, Drosophila) – heterochromatin protein 1-alpha – HP1-ALPHA – HP1Hs alpha – antigen p25 – heterochromatin protein 1 homolog alpha – chromobox protein homolog 5 – HP1 alpha – mHP1(alpha) – OTTMUSP00000039138 – OTTMUSP00000039140 – heterochromatin protein 1 alpha

Chromobox Homolog 5 fulfills a number of functions:

chromatin binding – protein binding – enzyme binding – general transcriptional repressor activity – protein binding, bridging – transcription repressor activity – transcription repressor binding – histone deacetylase binding

Chromobox Homolog 5 is relevant to the following processes:

chromatin assembly or disassembly – negative regulation of transcription – negative regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent

Locations for Chromobox Homolog 5:

chromatin – nucleus – chromocenter – kinetochore – nuclear heterochromatin – PML body – cytoplasm – heterochromatin – histone deacetylase complex – histone methyltransferase complex – nucleolus – transcriptional repressor complex – nuclear centromeric heterochromatin – nuclear envelope – chromosome – chromosome, centromeric region

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology