tubulin

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Function

  • major constituent of microtubules
  • binds two moles of GTP, one at an exchangeable site on the beta-chain & one at a non-exchangeable site on the alpha-chain

Structure

dimer of alpha & beta chains

More general terms

References

  1. Wang KK et al Calmodulin-binding proteins as calpain substrates. Biochem J 262:693 1989 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2556106