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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-8-29
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Despite the central role of gamma-tubulin in the organization of the microtubule cytoskeleton, the gamma-tubulin gene family in humans has not been characterized. We now report the identification of a second expressed human gamma-tubulin gene (TUBG2) and a gamma-tubulin pseudogene (TUBG1P) in addition to the previously identified gamma-tubulin gene (TUBG1). Evidence from Southern hybridizations suggests that there are probably no additional gamma-tubulin sequences in the human genome. TUBG1 and TUBG2 are within 20 kb of each other in region q21 of chromosome 17, and TUBG1P is on chromosome 7. The proteins encoded by TUBG1 and TUBG2 share 97.3% amino acid identity, and the two genes are coexpressed in a variety of tissues. Previous studies of gamma-tubulin in human tissues and cell lines have been based on the tacit assumption that a single gamma-tubulin (the gamma-tubulin encoded by TUBG1) was present. While this assumption is not correct, the similarity of the products of TUBG1 and TUBG2 suggests that results of previous immunolocalization and immunoprecipitation studies in human cells and tissues are likely to be valid. In addition, any pharmacological agents that target one human gamma-tubulin are likely to target both.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0888-7543
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2000 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
67
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
164-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10903841-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10903841-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10903841-CHO Cells, pubmed-meshheading:10903841-Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:10903841-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17, pubmed-meshheading:10903841-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7, pubmed-meshheading:10903841-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:10903841-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:10903841-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:10903841-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10903841-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:10903841-HeLa Cells, pubmed-meshheading:10903841-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10903841-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10903841-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10903841-Multigene Family, pubmed-meshheading:10903841-Pseudogenes, pubmed-meshheading:10903841-RNA, pubmed-meshheading:10903841-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:10903841-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:10903841-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:10903841-Tissue Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:10903841-Tubulin
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
The gamma-tubulin gene family in humans.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, 484 W. 12th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.