9fvj

Xenopus borealis undecorated microtubule - 15 protofilament, 3-start helix

spinqualitylabelsall models 9fvj, resolution 3.20Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 9fvj is a 12 chain structure with sequence from Xenopus borealis. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: Electron Microscopy, Resolution 3.2Å Ligands: GDP, GTP, MG Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function 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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