tba-8

Gene

tba-8

Protein

Tubulin alpha-8 chain

Organism

Caenorhabditis elegans

Length

452 amino acids

Function

Tubulin is the major constituent of microtubules. It binds two moles of GTP, one at an exchangeable site on the beta chain and one at a non-exchangeable site on the alpha chain.

Similarity

Belongs to the tubulin family.

Mass

50.491 kDa

Sequence

MPSDGRECVSIHIGQAGAQIGNACWELYCIEHGLDEAGFLKEEEKNKKQQSLQAFFSESMNGKHVPRAIYVDLEPTVLDEIRNGVYGNLFHPDQIINGKEDAANNYARGHYTIGKELIDVVLDRIRKQTENCEGLQGFLVFHSFGGGTGSGFSSLLMERLSVEFGKKSKLEFSVYPAPQVSTSVVEPYNSILTTHTTLELSDCSFMVDNEAIYDLCRQKLHVERPSYSNLNRLIAQVVSSITASLRFDGALNVDLNEFQTNLVPYPRIHFPLATYAPVISADRAHHEPLSVQDITHMCFEKANQMVKCDPSAGKYMAVCLLYRGDVVPKDVNAAISSVKAKRGINFVDWCPTGFKVGINYQAPITVEGGDLAKVHRAVCMLSNTTAIAEAWARLDHKFDLMYSKRAFVHWFVGEGMEEGEFMEARDDLAALEKDYAEVSRDTADLEEENDEF

Protein

Tubulin alpha-8 chain: tba-8