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==Refined structure of alpha-beta tubulin from zinc-induced sheets stabilized with taxol==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[1jff]] is a 2 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bos_taurus Bos taurus]. The July 2014 RCSB PDB [https://pdb.rcsb.org/pdb/static.do?p=education_discussion/molecule_of_the_month/index.html Molecule of the Month] feature on ''Microtubules''  by David Goodsell is [https://dx.doi.org/10.2210/rcsb_pdb/mom_2014_7 10.2210/rcsb_pdb/mom_2014_7]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1JFF OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1JFF FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><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>, <scene name='pdbligand=TA1:TAXOL'>TA1</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=ZN:ZINC+ION'>ZN</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='related'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Related_structure|Related:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><div style='overflow: auto; max-height: 3em;'>[[1tub|1tub]]</div></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1jff FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1jff OCA], [https://pdbe.org/1jff PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1jff RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1jff PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=1jff ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
We present a refined model of the alpha beta-tubulin dimer to 3.5 A resolution. An improved experimental density for the zinc-induced tubulin sheets was obtained by adding 114 electron diffraction patterns at 40-60 degrees tilt and increasing the completeness of structure factor amplitudes to 84.7 %. The refined structure was obtained using maximum-likelihood including phase information from experimental images, and simulated annealing Cartesian refinement to an R-factor of 23.2 and free R-factor of 29.7. The current model includes residues alpha:2-34, alpha:61-439, beta:2-437, one molecule of GTP, one of GDP, and one of taxol, as well as one magnesium ion at the non-exchangeable nucleotide site, and one putative zinc ion near the M-loop in the alpha-tubulin subunit. The acidic C-terminal tails could not be traced accurately, neither could the N-terminal loop including residues 35-60 in the alpha-subunit. There are no major changes in the overall fold of tubulin with respect to the previous structure, testifying to the quality of the initial experimental phases. The overall geometry of the model is, however, greatly improved, and the position of side-chains, especially those of exposed polar/charged groups, is much better defined. Three short protein sequence frame shifts were detected with respect to the non-refined structure. In light of the new model we discuss details of the tubulin structure such as nucleotide and taxol binding sites, lateral contacts in zinc-sheets, and the significance of the location of highly conserved residues.

Refined structure of alpha beta-tubulin at 3.5 A resolution.,Lowe J, Li H, Downing KH, Nogales E J Mol Biol. 2001 Nov 9;313(5):1045-57. PMID:11700061<ref>PMID:11700061</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Tubulin 3D Structures|Tubulin 3D Structures]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Bos taurus]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Microtubules]]
[[Category: RCSB PDB Molecule of the Month]]
[[Category: Downing, K H]]
[[Category: Li, H]]
[[Category: Lowe, J]]
[[Category: Nogales, E]]
[[Category: Dimer]]
[[Category: Gtpase]]
[[Category: Structural protein]]