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==Xenopus borealis undecorated microtubule - 15 protofilament, 3-start helix==
<StructureSection load='9fvj' size='340' side='right'caption='[[9fvj]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 3.20&Aring;' scene=''>
== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[9fvj]] is a 12 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenopus_borealis Xenopus borealis]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=9FVJ OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=9FVJ FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">Electron Microscopy, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 3.2&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=GDP:GUANOSINE-5-DIPHOSPHATE'>GDP</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=GTP:GUANOSINE-5-TRIPHOSPHATE'>GTP</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=MG:MAGNESIUM+ION'>MG</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=9fvj FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=9fvj OCA], [https://pdbe.org/9fvj PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=9fvj RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/9fvj PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=9fvj ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q0IIR4_XENTR Q0IIR4_XENTR] Tubulin is the major constituent of microtubules, a cylinder consisting of laterally associated linear protofilaments composed of alpha- and beta-tubulin heterodimers. Microtubules grow by the addition of GTP-tubulin dimers to the microtubule end, where a stabilizing cap forms. Below the cap, tubulin dimers are in GDP-bound state, owing to GTPase activity of alpha-tubulin.[RuleBase:RU000352]
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[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Xenopus borealis]]
[[Category: Moores CA]]
[[Category: Troman LA]]