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Facts about Tubulin alpha-8 chain.
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| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | TUBA8 |
| Uniprot: | Q9NY65 |
| Entrez: | 51807 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| tubulin family |

Alpha-tubulin 8; TUBAL2Tubulin alpha chain-like 2; tubulin alpha-8 chain; tubulin, alpha 8
Mass (kDA):
50.094 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 22q11.21 |
| Sequence: | 22; NC_000022.11 (18110809..18131732) |
Preferentially expressed in heart, skeletal muscle and testis. Expressed at low levels in the developing brain.
Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton.




PMID: 10772959 by Stanchi F., et al. TUBA8: a new tissue-specific isoform of alpha-tubulin that is highly conserved in human and mouse.
PMID: 19896110 by Abdollahi M.R., et al. Mutation of the variant alpha-tubulin TUBA8 results in polymicrogyria with optic nerve hypoplasia.