ID   TBA_BOMMO               Reviewed;         450 AA.
AC   P52273;
DT   01-OCT-1996, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot.
DT   01-OCT-1996, sequence version 1.
DT   03-AUG-2022, entry version 108.
DE   RecName: Full=Tubulin alpha chain;
OS   Bombyx mori (Silk moth).
OC   Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Arthropoda; Hexapoda; Insecta; Pterygota;
OC   Neoptera; Endopterygota; Lepidoptera; Glossata; Ditrysia; Bombycoidea;
OC   Bombycidae; Bombycinae; Bombyx.
OX   NCBI_TaxID=7091;
RN   [1]
RP   NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA].
RC   STRAIN=European 200 X 300; TISSUE=Wing imaginal disk;
RX   PubMed=9479055; DOI=10.1016/s0378-1119(97)00660-4;
RA   Hachouf-Gheras S., Besson M.T., Bosquet G.L.;
RT   "Identification and developmental expression of a Bombyx mori alpha-tubulin
RT   gene.";
RL   Gene 208:89-94(1998).
RN   [2]
RP   NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA].
RX   PubMed=12459208; DOI=10.1016/s0965-1748(02)00184-4;
RA   Kawasaki H., Sugaya K., Quan G.X., Nohata J., Mita K.;
RT   "Analysis of alpha- and beta-tubulin genes of Bombyx mori using an EST
RT   database.";
RL   Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 33:131-137(2003).
CC   -!- FUNCTION: Tubulin is the major constituent of microtubules. It binds
CC       two moles of GTP, one at an exchangeable site on the beta chain and one
CC       at a non-exchangeable site on the alpha chain.
CC   -!- SUBUNIT: Dimer of alpha and beta chains. A typical microtubule is a
CC       hollow water-filled tube with an outer diameter of 25 nm and an inner
CC       diameter of 15 nM. Alpha-beta heterodimers associate head-to-tail to
CC       form protofilaments running lengthwise along the microtubule wall with
CC       the beta-tubulin subunit facing the microtubule plus end conferring a
CC       structural polarity. Microtubules usually have 13 protofilaments but
CC       different protofilament numbers can be found in some organisms and
CC       specialized cells.
CC   -!- SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton.
CC   -!- PTM: Undergoes a tyrosination/detyrosination cycle, the cyclic removal
CC       and re-addition of a C-terminal tyrosine residue by the enzymes tubulin
CC       tyrosine carboxypeptidase (TTCP) and tubulin tyrosine ligase (TTL),
CC       respectively. {ECO:0000250}.
CC   -!- PTM: Acetylation of alpha chains at Lys-40 stabilizes microtubules and
CC       affects affinity and processivity of microtubule motors. This
CC       modification has a role in multiple cellular functions, ranging from
CC       cell motility, cell cycle progression or cell differentiation to
CC       intracellular trafficking and signaling (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}.
CC   -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the tubulin family. {ECO:0000305}.
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DR   EMBL; X83429; CAA58465.1; -; mRNA.
DR   EMBL; AB072304; BAB86849.1; -; mRNA.
DR   PIR; JC6546; S52152.
DR   RefSeq; NP_001036884.1; NM_001043419.1.
DR   AlphaFoldDB; P52273; -.
DR   SMR; P52273; -.
DR   STRING; 7091.BGIBMGA013413-TA; -.
DR   GeneID; 692428; -.
DR   KEGG; bmor:692428; -.
DR   CTD; 692428; -.
DR   eggNOG; KOG1376; Eukaryota.
DR   HOGENOM; CLU_015718_0_1_1; -.
DR   OrthoDB; 514396at2759; -.
DR   Proteomes; UP000005204; Unassembled WGS sequence.
DR   GO; GO:0005737; C:cytoplasm; IEA:UniProtKB-KW.
DR   GO; GO:0005874; C:microtubule; IEA:UniProtKB-KW.
DR   GO; GO:0005525; F:GTP binding; IEA:UniProtKB-KW.
DR   GO; GO:0005200; F:structural constituent of cytoskeleton; IEA:InterPro.
DR   GO; GO:0007017; P:microtubule-based process; IEA:InterPro.
DR   Gene3D; 1.10.287.600; -; 1.
DR   Gene3D; 3.30.1330.20; -; 1.
DR   Gene3D; 3.40.50.1440; -; 1.
DR   InterPro; IPR002452; Alpha_tubulin.
DR   InterPro; IPR008280; Tub_FtsZ_C.
DR   InterPro; IPR000217; Tubulin.
DR   InterPro; IPR037103; Tubulin/FtsZ-like_C.
DR   InterPro; IPR018316; Tubulin/FtsZ_2-layer-sand-dom.
DR   InterPro; IPR036525; Tubulin/FtsZ_GTPase_sf.
DR   InterPro; IPR023123; Tubulin_C.
DR   InterPro; IPR017975; Tubulin_CS.
DR   InterPro; IPR003008; Tubulin_FtsZ_GTPase.
DR   PANTHER; PTHR11588; PTHR11588; 1.
DR   Pfam; PF00091; Tubulin; 1.
DR   Pfam; PF03953; Tubulin_C; 1.
DR   PRINTS; PR01162; ALPHATUBULIN.
DR   PRINTS; PR01161; TUBULIN.
DR   SMART; SM00864; Tubulin; 1.
DR   SMART; SM00865; Tubulin_C; 1.
DR   SUPFAM; SSF52490; SSF52490; 1.
DR   SUPFAM; SSF55307; SSF55307; 1.
DR   PROSITE; PS00227; TUBULIN; 1.
PE   2: Evidence at transcript level;
KW   Acetylation; Cytoplasm; Cytoskeleton; GTP-binding; Microtubule;
KW   Nucleotide-binding; Reference proteome.
FT   CHAIN           1..450
FT                   /note="Tubulin alpha chain"
FT                   /id="PRO_0000048143"
FT   BINDING         142..148
FT                   /ligand="GTP"
FT                   /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:37565"
FT                   /evidence="ECO:0000255"
FT   SITE            450
FT                   /note="Involved in polymerization"
FT                   /evidence="ECO:0000250"
FT   MOD_RES         40
FT                   /note="N6-acetyllysine"
FT                   /evidence="ECO:0000250"
SQ   SEQUENCE   450 AA;  49905 MW;  CF4641942670F87F CRC64;
     MRECISVHVG QAGVQIGNAC WELYCLEHGI QPDGQMPTDK TIGGGDDSFN TFFSETGAGK
     HVPRALFVDL EPTVVDEVRT GTYRQLFHPE QLITGKEDAA NNYARGHYTI GKEIVDLVLD
     RIRKLADQCT GLQGFLIFHS FGGGTGSGFT SLLMERLSVD YGKKSKLEFA IYPAPQVSTA
     VVEPYNSILT THTTLEHSDC AFMVDNEAIY DICRRNLDIE PPTYTNLNRL IGQIVSSITA
     SLRFDGALNV DLTEFQTNLV PYPRIHFPLV TYAPVISAEK AYHEQLSVAE ITNACFEPAN
     QMVKCDPRHG KYMACCMLYR GDVVPKDVNA AIATIKTKRT IQFVDWCPTG FKVGINYQPP
     TVVPGGDLAK VQRAVCMLSN TTAIAEAWAR LDHKFDLMYA KRAFVHWYVG EGMEEGEFSE
     AREDLAALEK DYEEVGMDSA EGEGEGAEEY