ID   TBA_OXYGR               Reviewed;         450 AA.
AC   P28287;
DT   01-DEC-1992, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot.
DT   01-DEC-1992, sequence version 1.
DT   03-AUG-2022, entry version 88.
DE   RecName: Full=Tubulin alpha chain;
OS   Oxytricha granulifera (Ciliate).
OC   Eukaryota; Sar; Alveolata; Ciliophora; Intramacronucleata; Spirotrichea;
OC   Stichotrichia; Sporadotrichida; Oxytrichidae; Oxytrichinae; Oxytricha.
OX   NCBI_TaxID=5947;
RN   [1]
RP   NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA].
RA   Gaunitz F.;
RL   Thesis (1990), University of Tuebingen, Germany.
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: 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; Z11763; CAA77810.1; -; Genomic_DNA.
DR   AlphaFoldDB; P28287; -.
DR   SMR; P28287; -.
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   3: Inferred from homology;
KW   Acetylation; Cytoplasm; Cytoskeleton; GTP-binding; Microtubule;
KW   Nucleotide-binding.
FT   CHAIN           1..450
FT                   /note="Tubulin alpha chain"
FT                   /id="PRO_0000048207"
FT   BINDING         142..148
FT                   /ligand="GTP"
FT                   /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:37565"
FT                   /evidence="ECO:0000255"
FT   MOD_RES         40
FT                   /note="N6-acetyllysine"
FT                   /evidence="ECO:0000250"
SQ   SEQUENCE   450 AA;  49621 MW;  90D4BCC01ABFD48D CRC64;
     MREVISIHVG QAGIQVGNAC WELFCLEHGI QPDGQMPSDK TIGGGDDAFN TFFSETGAGK
     HVPRCVFLDL EPTVDDEVRT GTYRQLFHPE QLISGKEDAA NNFARGHYTI GKEIVDLCLD
     RIRKLADQCT GLQGFLVFNS VGGGTGSGLG SLLLERLSVD YGKKSKLGFT VYPSPQVSTA
     VVEPYNSVLS THSLLEHTDV AVMLDNEAVY DICRRNLDIE RPTYTNLNRL IAQVISSLTA
     SLRFDGALNV DVTEFQTNLV PYPRIHFMLS SYAPVISAEK AYHEQLSVAE ITNSAFEPAS
     MMAKCDPRHG KYMACCLMYR GDVVPKDVNA AVATIKTKRT IQFVDWCPTG FKCGINYQPP
     TVVPGGDLAK VMRAVCMISN STAIAEVFSR IDHKFDLMYA KRAFVHWYVG EGMEEGEFSE
     AREDLAALEK DYEEVGIETA EGEGEEEGME