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Facts about Tubulin beta-8 chain.
TUBB8 has an integral role in meiotic spindle assembly and oocyte maturation (PubMed:26789871). .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | TUBB8 |
| Uniprot: | Q3ZCM7 |
| Entrez: | 347688 |

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

Tubulin beta-8 chain
Mass (kDA):
49.776 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 10p15.3 |
| Sequence: | 10; NC_000010.11 (46437..49504, complement) |
Expressed at a high level in oocytes, at different stages of development.
Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, spindle.


PMID: 11731935 by van Geel M., et al. A cascade of complex subtelomeric duplications during the evolution of the hominoid and Old World monkey genomes.
PMID: 16371510 by Fourest-Lieuvin A., et al. Microtubule regulation in mitosis: tubulin phosphorylation by the cyclin-dependent kinase Cdk1.