TUBA1A

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Tubulin, alpha 1a

PDB rendering based on 1ffx.

Available structures: 1ffx, 1ia0, 1jff, 1sa0, 1sa1, 1tub, 1tvk, 1z2b, 2hxf, 2hxh

Identifiers

Symbol(s)

TUBA1A; B-ALPHA-1; FLJ25113; TUBA3

External IDs

OMIM: 602529 MGI: 98869 HomoloGene: 68498

Gene ontology
Molecular Function:	• nucleotide binding • GTPase activity • structural molecule activity • GTP binding
Cellular Component:	• mitochondrion • microtubule • protein complex
Biological Process:	• microtubule-based movement • protein polymerization

RNA expression pattern

More reference expression data

Orthologs

Human

Mouse

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Refseq

NM_006009 (mRNA)
NP_006000 (protein)

NM_011653 (mRNA)
NP_035783 (protein)

Location

Chr 12: 47.86 - 47.87 Mb

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Pubmed search

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Tubulin, alpha 1a, also known as TUBA1A, is a human gene.^[1]

Microtubules of the eukaryotic cytoskeleton perform essential and diverse functions and are composed of a heterodimer of alpha and beta tubulins. The genes encoding these microtubule constituents belong to the tubulin superfamily, which is composed of six distinct families. Genes from the alpha, beta and gamma tubulin families are found in all eukaryotes. The alpha and beta tubulins represent the major components of microtubules, while gamma tubulin plays a critical role in the nucleation of microtubule assembly. There are multiple alpha and beta tubulin genes, which are highly conserved among species. This gene encodes alpha tubulin and is highly similar to mouse and rat Tuba1 gene. Northern blotting studies have shown that the gene expression is predominantly found in morphologically differentiated neurologic cells. This gene is one of three alpha-tubulin genes in a cluster on chromosome 12q.^[1]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Entrez Gene: TUBA1A tubulin, alpha 1a.

[edit] Further reading

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Watts NR, Sackett DL, Ward RD, et al. (2000). "HIV-1 rev depolymerizes microtubules to form stable bilayered rings.". J. Cell Biol. 150 (2): 349–60. PMID 10908577.
Germani A, Bruzzoni-Giovanelli H, Fellous A, et al. (2001). "SIAH-1 interacts with alpha-tubulin and degrades the kinesin Kid by the proteasome pathway during mitosis.". Oncogene 19 (52): 5997–6006. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1204002. PMID 11146551.
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Bifulco M, Laezza C, Stingo S, Wolff J (2002). "2',3'-Cyclic nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase: a membrane-bound, microtubule-associated protein and membrane anchor for tubulin.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (4): 1807–12. doi:10.1073/pnas.042678799. PMID 11842207.
Saugstad JA, Yang S, Pohl J, et al. (2002). "Interaction between metabotropic glutamate receptor 7 and alpha tubulin.". J. Neurochem. 80 (6): 980–8. PMID 11953448.
Ivings L, Pennington SR, Jenkins R, et al. (2002). "Identification of Ca2+-dependent binding partners for the neuronal calcium sensor protein neurocalcin delta: interaction with actin, clathrin and tubulin.". Biochem. J. 363 (Pt 3): 599–608. PMID 11964161.