Component of the kinetochore, a multiprotein complex that assembles on centromeric DNA and attaches chromosomes to spindle microtubules, mediating chromosome segregation and sister chromatid segregation during meiosis and mitosis. Component of the inner kinetochore constitutive centromere-associated network (CCAN), which serves as a structural platform for outer kinetochore assembly. Component of the inner kinetochore constitutive centromere-associated network (CCAN) (also known as central kinetochore Sim4 complex in fission yeast), which is composed of at least cnl2, cnp3, cnp20, fta1, fta2, fta3, fta4, fta6, fta7, mal2, mhf1, mhf2, mis6, mis15, mis17, sim4 and wip1. Severely perturbed cell division. Aberrant cell-wall deposits accumulate during septation alongside a range of mitotic defects including errors in chromosome segregation and spindle formation. Slow growth at 25 degrees and inviable at 32 degrees. Belongs to the CENP-W/WIP1 family.