Names & Taxonomy

Uniprot ID:
Q13509
Entry Name:
TBB3_HUMAN
Status:
reviewed
Protein Names:
Tubulin beta-3 chain (Tubulin beta-4 chain) (Tubulin beta-III)
Gene Names:
TUBB3 TUBB4
Gene Names Primary:
TUBB3
Organism:
Homo sapiens (Human)

Structure

Length:
450
Sequence:
MREIVHIQAGQCGNQIGAKFWEVISDEHGIDPSGNYVGDSDLQLERISVYYNEASSHKYVPRAILVDLEPGTMDSVRSGAFGHLFRPDNFIFGQSGAGNNWAKGHYTEGAELVDSVLDVVRKECENCDCLQGFQLTHSLGGGTGSGMGTLLISKVREEYPDRIMNTFSVVPSPKVSDTVVEPYNATLSIHQLVENTDETYCIDNEALYDICFRTLKLATPTYGDLNHLVSATMSGVTTSLRFPGQLNADLRKLAVNMVPFPRLHFFMPGFAPLTARGSQQYRALTVPELTQQMFDAKNMMAACDPRHGRYLTVATVFRGRMSMKEVDEQMLAIQSKNSSYFVEWIPNNVKVAVCDIPPRGLKMSSTFIGNSTAIQELFKRISEQFTAMFRRKAFLHWYTGEGMDEMEFTEAESNMNDLVSEYQQYQDATAEEEGEMYEDDEEESEAQGPK
Proteomes:
UP000005640

Subcellular location

Subcellular Location:
Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton.

Function

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. TUBB3 plays a critical role in proper axon guidance and mantainance.
Cross Reference Drug Bank:
DB04845
Gene Ontology Go:
axon
cell periphery
cytoplasm
dendrite
extracellular exosome
microtubule
neuronal cell body
nucleus
GTP binding
GTPase activity
peptide binding
structural constituent of cytoskeleton
'de novo' posttranslational protein folding
axon guidance
cellular protein metabolic process
microtubule-based process
mitotic nuclear division
protein folding
Gene Ontology Biological Process:
'de novo' posttranslational protein folding
axon guidance
cellular protein metabolic process
microtubule-based process
mitotic nuclear division
protein folding
Gene Ontology Molecular Function:
GTPase activity
GTP binding
peptide binding
structural constituent of cytoskeleton
Gene Ontology Cellular Component:
axon
cell periphery
cytoplasm
dendrite
extracellular exosome
microtubule
neuronal cell body
nucleus
Keywords:
Acetylation
Alternative splicing
Complete proteome
Cytoplasm
Cytoskeleton
Direct protein sequencing
Disease mutation
GTP-binding
Isopeptide bond
Microtubule
Nucleotide-binding
Phosphoprotein
Reference proteome
Interacts With:
P54274; P68363

Publication

PubMed ID:
9473684 14702039 15616553 15489334 14736079 16371510 19367720 19524510 19608861 20074521 20191564 21269460 20829227 26875866