Tubulin GTPase
Tubulin GTPase (EC 3.6.5.6) is an enzyme with systematic name GTP phosphohydrolase (microtubule-releasing).[1][2][3] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
- GTP + H2O GDP + phosphate
This enzyme participates in tubulin folding and division plane formation.
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References
- ↑ Yu, X.C. and Margolin, W. (1997). "Ca2+-mediated GTP-dependent dynamic assembly of bacetrial cell division protein FtsZ into asters and polymer networks in vitro". EMBO J. 16: 5455–5463. doi:10.1093/emboj/16.17.5455. PMID 9312004.
- ↑ Tian, G., Bhamidipati, A., Cowan, N.J. and Lewis, S.A. (1999). "Tubulin folding cofactors as GTPase-activating proteins. GTP hydrolysis and the assembly of the α/β-tubulin heterodimer". J. Biol. Chem. 274: 24054–24058. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.34.24054. PMID 10446175.
- ↑ Roychowdhury, S., Panda, D., Wilson, L. and Rasenick, M.M. (1999). "G protein α subunits activate tubulin GTPase and modulate microtubule polymerization dynamics". J. Biol. Chem. 274: 13485–13490. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.19.13485. PMID 10224115.
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