A0A0D5MER0 · A0A0D5MER0_CLOEH

Function

function

Tubulin is the major constituent of microtubules, a cylinder consisting of laterally associated linear protofilaments composed of alpha- and beta-tubulin heterodimers. Microtubules grow by the addition of GTP-tubulin dimers to the microtubule end, where a stabilizing cap forms. Below the cap, tubulin dimers are in GDP-bound state, owing to GTPase activity of alpha-tubulin.

Catalytic activity

GO annotations

all annotationsall molecular functionnucleotide bindingmolecular_functionnucleic acid bindingdna bindingchromatin bindingdna-binding transcription factor activityrna bindingcytoskeletal motor activitycatalytic activitynuclease activitysignaling receptor bindingstructural molecule activitytransporter activitybindingprotein bindingtranslation factor activity, rna bindinglipid bindingkinase activitytransferase activityhydrolase activityoxygen bindingenzyme regulator activitycarbohydrate bindingsignaling receptor activitytranslation regulator activitytranscription regulator activityother molecular functionall biological processcarbohydrate metabolic processgeneration of precursor metabolites and energynucleobase-containing compound metabolic processdna metabolic processtranslationlipid metabolic processtransportresponse to stresscell cyclecell communicationsignal transductioncell-cell signalingmulticellular organism developmentcircadian rhythmbiological_processmetabolic processcatabolic processbiosynthetic processresponse to light stimulusresponse to external stimulustropismresponse to biotic stimulusresponse to abiotic stimulusresponse to endogenous stimulusembryo developmentpost-embryonic developmentfruit ripeningabscissionpollinationflower developmentcellular processprogrammed cell deathphotosynthesiscellular component organizationcell growthprotein metabolic processcellular homeostasissecondary metabolic processreproductive processcell differentiationprotein modification processgrowthepigenetic regulation of gene expressionresponse to chemicalanatomical structure developmentregulation of molecular functionother biological processall cellular componentcellular_componentextracellular regioncell wallintracellular anatomical structurenucleusnuclear envelopenucleoplasmnucleoluscytoplasmmitochondrionlysosomeendosomevacuoleperoxisomeendoplasmic reticulumgolgi apparatuscytosolribosomecytoskeletonplasma membranechloroplastplastidthylakoidmembraneexternal encapsulating structureother cellular component
Cell color indicative of number of GO terms
AspectTerm
Cellular Componentcytoplasm
Cellular Componentmicrotubule
Molecular FunctionGTP binding
Molecular Functionhydrolase activity
Molecular Functionstructural constituent of cytoskeleton
Biological Processmicrotubule cytoskeleton organization
Biological Processmitotic cell cycle

Keywords

Names & Taxonomy

Protein names

  • Recommended name
    Tubulin alpha chain

Organism names

Accessions

  • Primary accession
    A0A0D5MER0

Subcellular Location

Keywords

Interaction

Subunit

Dimer of alpha and beta chains. A typical microtubule is a hollow water-filled tube with an outer diameter of 25 nm and an inner diameter of 15 nM. Alpha-beta heterodimers associate head-to-tail to form protofilaments running lengthwise along the microtubule wall with the beta-tubulin subunit facing the microtubule plus end conferring a structural polarity. Microtubules usually have 13 protofilaments but different protofilament numbers can be found in some organisms and specialized cells.

Family & Domains

Features

Showing features for domain, region.

TypeIDPosition(s)Description
Domain50-247Tubulin/FtsZ GTPase
Domain249-394Tubulin/FtsZ 2-layer sandwich
Region430-451Disordered

Sequence similarities

Belongs to the tubulin family.

Family and domain databases

Sequence

  • Sequence status
    Complete
  • Length
    451
  • Mass (Da)
    49,569
  • Last updated
    2015-05-27 v1
  • Checksum
    80136A3F086A9E1D
MRECISVHIGQAGIQVGNACWELYCLEHGIQPDGQLMTGDKTVGGGDDAFSTFFSETGAGKHVPRAVFLDLEPTVIDEVRTGAYRQLFHPEQLISGKEDAANNFARGHYTIGKEIVDLCLDRIRKLADNCTGLQGFLVFNAVGGGTGSGLGSLLLERLSVDYGKKSKLGFTVYPSPQVSTSVVEPYNSVLSTHSLLEHTDVAVLLDNEAIYDICRRSLDIERPTYTNLNRLVSQVISSLTASLRFDGALNVDVTEFQTNLVPYPRIHFMLSSYAPVISAEKAYHEQLSVAEITNSAFEPSSMMAKCDPRHGKYMACCLMFRGDVVPKDVNAAVATIKTKRTIQFVDWCPTGFKCGINYQPPTVVPGGDLAKVQRAVCMISNSTSVAEVFSRIDHKFDLMYAKRAFVHWYVGEGMEEGEFSEAREDVAALEKDYEEVGADSTEPGDDEGEEY

Sequence databases

Nucleotide SequenceProtein SequenceMolecule TypeStatus
KM229555
EMBL· GenBank· DDBJ
AJY58974.1
EMBL· GenBank· DDBJ
mRNA

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