tubulin alpha-1C chain; tubulin alpha-6 chain; alpha-tubulin 6 (TUBA1C, TUBA6)

Function

• tubulin alpha subunit
• undergoes a tyrosination/detyrosination cycle, the cyclic removal & re-addition of a C-terminal Tyr by the enzymes tubulin tyrosine carboxypeptidase (TTCP) & tubulin tyrosine ligase (TTL), respectively (putative)

Structure

• contains 1 non-exchangeable GTP-binding site
• belongs to the tubulin family

More general terms

• tubulin alpha

Additional terms

• tubulin

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=84790
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:84790
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9BQE3.html