tubulin alpha-8 chain; alpha-tubulin 8; tubulin alpha chain-like 2 (TUBA8, TUBAL2)

Function

• tubulin alpha subunit

Structure

• contains 1 non-exchangeable GTP-binding site
• belongs to the tubulin family
• does not have a C-terminal Tyr

Expression

• preferentially expressed in heart, skeletal muscle & testis

More general terms

• tubulin alpha

Additional terms

• tubulin

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/605742
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=51807
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:51807
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9NY65.html