Term Information

Accession

GO:0005874

Ontology

cellular component

Synonyms

exact: microtubuli

exact: microtubulus

Definition

Any of the long, generally straight, hollow tubes of internal diameter 12-15 nm and external diameter 24 nm found in a wide variety of eukaryotic cells; each consists (usually) of 13 protofilaments of polymeric tubulin, staggered in such a manner that the tubulin monomers are arranged in a helical pattern on the microtubular surface, and with the alpha/beta axes of the tubulin subunits parallel to the long axis of the tubule; exist in equilibrium with pool of tubulin monomers and can be rapidly assembled or disassembled in response to physiological stimuli; concerned with force generation, e.g. in the spindle. [source: ISBN:0879693568]

Comment

None

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External References

InterPro (9)

• IPR000217
• IPR000435
• IPR002452
• IPR002453
• IPR002454
• IPR002967
• IPR004057
• IPR004226
• IPR017975

NIF_Subcellular (1)

• sao1846835077

Pfam (2)

• PF02970
• PF03148

PRINTS (7)

• PR00511
• PR01161
• PR01162
• PR01163
• PR01164
• PR01224
• PR01519

ProDom (1)

• PD010430

PROSITE (1)

• PS00227

SP_KW (1)

• KW-0493

Wikipedia (1)

• Microtubule

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