Incorporation of 3‐nitrotyrosine into the C‐terminus of α‐tubulin is reversible and not detrimental to dividing cells
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- 2 October 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in European Journal of Biochemistry
- Vol. 269 (20) , 5037-5045
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03220.x
Abstract
The C-terminus of the α-chain of tubulin is subject to reversible incorporation of tyrosine by tubulin tyrosine ligase and removal by tubulin carboxypeptidase. Thus, microtubules rich in either tyros...Keywords
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