TUBA1B

Tubulin, alpha 1b
PDB rendering based on 1ffx.
Available structures PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB List of PDB id codes 2E4H​
Identifiers
Symbols	TUBA1B ; K-ALPHA-1
External IDs	OMIM: 602530 MGI: 107804 HomoloGene: 134527 GeneCards: TUBA1B Gene
Gene ontology Molecular function • double-stranded RNA binding • GTPase activity • structural molecule activity • structural constituent of cytoskeleton • protein binding • GTP binding • ubiquitin protein ligase binding Cellular component • microtubule • cytoplasmic microtubule • myelin sheath • extracellular exosome Biological process • microtubule cytoskeleton organization • protein folding • microtubule-based process • cytoskeleton-dependent intracellular transport • cellular protein metabolic process • 'de novo' posttranslational protein folding • protein polymerization • cell division • cellular response to interleukin-4 Sources: Amigo / QuickGO
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	10376	22143
Ensembl	ENSG00000123416	ENSMUSG00000023004
UniProt	P68363	P05213
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_006082	NM_011654
RefSeq (protein)	NP_006073	NP_035784
Location (UCSC)	Chr 12: 49.13 – 49.13 Mb	Chr 15: 98.93 – 98.93 Mb
PubMed search

Tubulin alpha-1B chain is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TUBA1B gene.^[1][2][3]

Interactions

TUBA1B has been shown to interact with PIK3R1.^[4] Antibodies against tubulin alpha 1b can be used as markers for microtubules and spindles.^[5]

References

1. Banerjee A (Jun 2002). "Increased levels of tyrosinated alpha-, beta(III)-, and beta(IV)-tubulin isotypes in paclitaxel-resistant MCF-7 breast cancer cells". Biochem Biophys Res Commun 293 (1): 598–601. doi:10.1016/S0006-291X(02)00269-3. PMID 12054644.
2. Cowan NJ, Dobner PR, Fuchs EV, Cleveland DW (Jan 1984). "Expression of human alpha-tubulin genes: interspecies conservation of 3' untranslated regions". Mol Cell Biol 3 (10): 1738–45. PMC 370035. PMID 6646120.
3. "Entrez Gene: TUBA1B tubulin, alpha 1b".
4. Kapeller, R; Toker A; Cantley L C; Carpenter C L (Oct 1995). "Phosphoinositide 3-kinase binds constitutively to alpha/beta-tubulin and binds to gamma-tubulin in response to insulin". J. Biol. Chem. (UNITED STATES) 270 (43): 25985–91. doi:10.1074/jbc.270.43.25985. ISSN 0021-9258. PMID 7592789.
5. http://www.genetex.com/WebPage/Product/PromotionDetail.aspx?Type=Promotion&PromotionID=178

Further reading

• Venter JC (1993). "Identification of new human receptor and transporter genes by high throughput cDNA (EST) sequencing.". J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 45. Suppl 1: 355–60. PMID 8098743.
• Lopez-Fanarraga M, Avila J, Guasch A, et al. (2002). "Review: postchaperonin tubulin folding cofactors and their role in microtubule dynamics.". J. Struct. Biol. 135 (2): 219–29. doi:10.1006/jsbi.2001.4386. PMID 11580271.
• Kapeller R, Toker A, Cantley LC, Carpenter CL (1995). "Phosphoinositide 3-kinase binds constitutively to alpha/beta-tubulin and binds to gamma-tubulin in response to insulin.". J. Biol. Chem. 270 (43): 25985–91. doi:10.1074/jbc.270.43.25985. PMID 7592789.
• Alexandrova N, Niklinski J, Bliskovsky V, et al. (1995). "The N-terminal domain of c-Myc associates with alpha-tubulin and microtubules in vivo and in vitro.". Mol. Cell. Biol. 15 (9): 5188–95. PMC 230766. PMID 7651436.
• Szasz J, Yaffe MB, Sternlicht H (1993). "Site-directed mutagenesis of alpha-tubulin. Reductive methylation studies of the Lys 394 region.". Biophys. J. 64 (3): 792–802. doi:10.1016/S0006-3495(93)81440-1. PMC 1262393. PMID 8097117.
• Baumann MH, Wisniewski T, Levy E, et al. (1996). "C-terminal fragments of alpha- and beta-tubulin form amyloid fibrils in vitro and associate with amyloid deposits of familial cerebral amyloid angiopathy, British type.". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 219 (1): 238–42. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1996.0211. PMID 8619814.
• Gress TM, Müller-Pillasch F, Geng M, et al. (1996). "A pancreatic cancer-specific expression profile.". Oncogene 13 (8): 1819–30. PMID 8895530.
• Crépieux P, Kwon H, Leclerc N, et al. (1997). "I kappaB alpha physically interacts with a cytoskeleton-associated protein through its signal response domain.". Mol. Cell. Biol. 17 (12): 7375–85. PMC 232593. PMID 9372968.
• Herreros L, Rodríguez-Fernandez JL, Brown MC, et al. (2000). "Paxillin localizes to the lymphocyte microtubule organizing center and associates with the microtubule cytoskeleton.". J. Biol. Chem. 275 (34): 26436–40. doi:10.1074/jbc.M003970200. PMID 10840040.
• 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. doi:10.1083/jcb.150.2.349. PMC 2180222. PMID 10908577.
• Takeoka A, Shimizu M, Horio T (2001). "Identification of an alpha-tubulin mutant of fission yeast from gamma-tubulin-interacting protein screening: genetic evidence for alpha-/gamma-tubulin interaction.". J. Cell. Sci. 113. Pt 24: 4557–62. PMID 11082048.
• 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.
• Yokota S, Yanagi H, Yura T, Kubota H (2001). "Cytosolic chaperonin-containing t-complex polypeptide 1 changes the content of a particular subunit species concomitant with substrate binding and folding activities during the cell cycle.". Eur. J. Biochem. 268 (17): 4664–73. doi:10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.02393.x. PMID 11532003.
• Rommelaere H, De Neve M, Neirynck K, et al. (2001). "Prefoldin recognition motifs in the nonhomologous proteins of the actin and tubulin families.". J. Biol. Chem. 276 (44): 41023–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.M106591200. PMID 11535601.
• Klein C, Kramer EM, Cardine AM, et al. (2002). "Process outgrowth of oligodendrocytes is promoted by interaction of fyn kinase with the cytoskeletal protein tau.". J. Neurosci. 22 (3): 698–707. PMID 11826099.
• Saugstad JA, Yang S, Pohl J, et al. (2002). "Interaction between metabotropic glutamate receptor 7 and alpha tubulin.". J. Neurochem. 80 (6): 980–8. doi:10.1046/j.0022-3042.2002.00778.x. PMC 2925652. PMID 11953448.

External links

• TUBA1B human gene location in the UCSC Genome Browser.
• TUBA1B human gene details in the UCSC Genome Browser.