1sa0

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<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[1sa0]] is a 5 chain structure with sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bos_taurus Bos taurus] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_rat Buffalo rat]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1SA0 OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1SA0 FirstGlance]. <br>

</td></tr><tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><scene name='pdbligand=CN2:2-MERCAPTO-N-[1,2,3,10-TETRAMETHOXY-9-OXO-5,6,7,9-TETRAHYDRO-BENZO[A]HEPTALEN-7-YL]ACETAMIDE'>CN2</scene>, <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='gene'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Gene|Gene:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat">STMN4 ([http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&srchmode=5&id=10116 Buffalo rat])</td></tr>

<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1sa0 FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1sa0 OCA], [http://pdbe.org/1sa0 PDBe], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1sa0 RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1sa0 PDBsum], [http://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=1sa0 ProSAT]</span></td></tr>

[[http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/TBA1A_PIG TBA1A_PIG]] Tubulin is the major constituent of microtubules. It binds two moles of GTP, one at an exchangeable site on the beta chain and one at a non-exchangeable site on the alpha chain. [[http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/STMN4_RAT STMN4_RAT]] Exhibits microtubule-destabilizing activity.<ref>PMID:15039434</ref> <ref>PMID:12111843</ref> <ref>PMID:15014504</ref> [[http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/TBB_PIG TBB_PIG]] Tubulin is the major constituent of microtubules. It binds two moles of GTP, one at an exchangeable site on the beta chain and one at a non-exchangeable site on the alpha chain.

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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==

Microtubules are cytoskeletal polymers of tubulin involved in many cellular functions. Their dynamic instability is controlled by numerous compounds and proteins, including colchicine and stathmin family proteins. The way in which microtubule instability is regulated at the molecular level has remained elusive, mainly because of the lack of appropriate structural data. Here, we present the structure, at 3.5 A resolution, of tubulin in complex with colchicine and with the stathmin-like domain (SLD) of RB3. It shows the interaction of RB3-SLD with two tubulin heterodimers in a curved complex capped by the SLD amino-terminal domain, which prevents the incorporation of the complexed tubulin into microtubules. A comparison with the structure of tubulin in protofilaments shows changes in the subunits of tubulin as it switches from its straight conformation to a curved one. These changes correlate with the loss of lateral contacts and provide a rationale for the rapid microtubule depolymerization characteristic of dynamic instability. Moreover, the tubulin-colchicine complex sheds light on the mechanism of colchicine's activity: we show that colchicine binds at a location where it prevents curved tubulin from adopting a straight structure, which inhibits assembly.

Insight into tubulin regulation from a complex with colchicine and a stathmin-like domain.,Ravelli RB, Gigant B, Curmi PA, Jourdain I, Lachkar S, Sobel A, Knossow M Nature. 2004 Mar 11;428(6979):198-202. PMID:15014504<ref>PMID:15014504</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>

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*[[Stathmin|Stathmin]]

*[[Tubulin|Tubulin]]

[[Category: Buffalo rat]]

[[Category: Curmi, P A]]

[[Category: Gigant, B]]

[[Category: Jourdain, I]]

[[Category: Knossow, M]]

[[Category: Lachkar, S]]

[[Category: Ravelli, R B]]

[[Category: Sobel, A]]

[[Category: Tubulin]]