Tubulin beta-2B chain

Definition:

Tubulin is the major constituent of microtubules, a cylinder consisting of laterally associated linear protofilaments composed of alpha- and beta-tubulin heterodimers. Microtubules grow by the addition of GTP-tubulin dimers to the microtubule end, where a stabilizing cap forms. Below the cap, tubulin dimers are in GDP-bound state, owing to GTPase activity of alpha-tubulin. Plays a critical role in proper axon guidance in both central and peripheral axon tracts. Implicated in neuronal migration.

References:

[1]. Xavier Hubert Jaglin, et al. Mutations in the beta-tubulin gene TUBB2B result in asymmetrical polymicrogyria. Nat Genet. 2009 Jun;41(6):746-52. [Content Brief]

[2]. Martin W Breuss, et al. Uner Tan syndrome caused by a homozygous TUBB2B mutation affecting microtubule stability. Hum Mol Genet. 2017 Jan 15;26(2):258-269. [Content Brief]

[3]. Gustav Y Cederquist, et al. An inherited TUBB2B mutation alters a kinesin-binding site and causes polymicrogyria, CFEOM and axon dysinnervation. Hum Mol Genet. 2012 Dec 15;21(26):5484-99. [Content Brief]

[4]. Annie Laquerriere, et al. De novo TUBB2B mutation causes fetal akinesia deformation sequence with microlissencephaly: An unusual presentation of tubulinopathy. Eur J Med Genet. 2016 Apr;59(4):249-56. [Content Brief]

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