DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Literature associating TUBB8 and distal 10q deletion syndrome

TUBB8 [ENSP00000456206]

Tubulin beta-8 chain; Tubulin is the major constituent of microtubules. It binds two moles of GTP, one at an exchangeable site on the beta chain and one at a non-exchangeable site on the alpha chain (By similarity). TUBB8 has a key role in meiotic spindle assembly and oocyte maturation ; Belongs to the tubulin family.

Synonyms:  TUBB8,  TUBB8p,  hTUBB8,  A0A075B724,  A0A075B725 ...

Linkouts:  STRING  Pharos  UniProt