Biology:Alpha-tubulin 3C

Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

Tubulin alpha-3C/D chain is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TUBA3C gene.^[1]^[2]

Function

Microtubules of the eukaryotic cytoskeleton perform essential and diverse functions and are composed of a heterodimer of alpha and beta tubulin. The genes encoding these microtubule constituents are part of 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 and they are highly conserved among and between species. This gene is an alpha tubulin gene that encodes a protein 99% to the mouse testis-specific Tuba3 and Tuba7 gene products. This gene is located in the 13q11 region, which is associated with the genetic diseases Clouston hidrotic ectodermal dysplasia and Kabuki syndrome. Alternative splicing has been observed for this gene and two variants have been identified.^[2]

Interactions

Alpha-tubulin 3C has been shown to interact with FYN^[3] and NMI.^[4]

References

↑ "Sequence characterization of a newly identified human alpha-tubulin gene (TUBA2)". Genomics 47 (1): 125–30. Jan 1998. doi:10.1006/geno.1997.5081. PMID 9465305.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Entrez Gene: TUBA3C tubulin, alpha 3c". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=7278.
↑ "Process outgrowth of oligodendrocytes is promoted by interaction of fyn kinase with the cytoskeletal protein tau". The Journal of Neuroscience 22 (3): 698–707. Feb 2002. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.22-03-00698.2002. PMID 11826099.
↑ "Towards a proteome-scale map of the human protein-protein interaction network". Nature 437 (7062): 1173–8. Oct 2005. doi:10.1038/nature04209. PMID 16189514. Bibcode: 2005Natur.437.1173R.

External links

Human TUBA3C genome location and TUBA3C gene details page in the UCSC Genome Browser.

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