TUBB8B

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Summary

TUBB8B (tubulin beta 8B, HGNC:24983) is a protein-coding gene on chromosome 18p11.32, encoding Tubulin beta 8B (A6NNZ2). Tubulin is the major constituent of microtubules, a cylinder consisting of laterally associated linear protofilaments composed of alpha- and beta-tubulin heterodimers.

Predicted to enable GTP binding activity. Predicted to be a structural constituent of cytoskeleton. Predicted to be involved in microtubule cytoskeleton organization and mitotic cell cycle. Located in intercellular bridge; microtubule; and mitotic spindle.

Source: NCBI Gene 260334 — RefSeq curated summary.

At a glance

  • Clinical variants (ClinVar): 6 total
  • Druggable target: yes — 1 molecules with ChEMBL bioactivity
  • MANE Select transcript: NM_001358689

Identifiers

Gene identifiers

FieldValue
HGNC IDHGNC:24983
Approved symbolTUBB8B
Nametubulin beta 8B
Location18p11.32
Locus typegene with protein product
StatusApproved
Ensembl geneENSG00000173213
Ensembl biotypeprotein_coding
Entrez260334

Gene structure

Transcript identifiers

Ensembl transcripts: 5 — 4 protein_coding_CDS_not_defined, 1 protein_coding

ENST00000308911, ENST00000572530, ENST00000575325, ENST00000594555, ENST00000706408

RefSeq mRNA: 5 — MANE Select: NM_001358689 NM_001358689, NM_001389609, NM_001421730, NM_001421742, NM_001421744

CCDS: CCDS86657

Canonical transcript exons

ENST00000308911 — 4 exons

ExonStartEnd
ENSE000016072224912949237
ENSE000017479214894049050
ENSE000020538834722148447
ENSE000036241464950149615

Expression profiles

Bgee: expression breadth ubiquitous, 102 present calls, max score 82.81.

Top tissues by expression

120 total, by Bgee expression score (0-100, higher = more expressed):

TissueAnatomy IDExpression scoreQuality
primordial germ cell in gonadCL:0000670 ∩ UBERON:000099182.81gold quality
male germ line stem cell (sensu Vertebrata) in testisCL:0000089 ∩ UBERON:000047380.61gold quality
left testisUBERON:000453367.18gold quality
testisUBERON:000047367.11gold quality
right testisUBERON:000453466.26gold quality
lower esophagus mucosaUBERON:003583465.24gold quality
right uterine tubeUBERON:000130263.31gold quality
placentaUBERON:000198755.73gold quality
granulocyteCL:000009454.96gold quality
right adrenal gland cortexUBERON:003582751.63gold quality
pituitary glandUBERON:000000750.33gold quality
esophagus mucosaUBERON:000246950.12gold quality
fallopian tubeUBERON:000388949.08gold quality
left uterine tubeUBERON:000130349.00gold quality
olfactory segment of nasal mucosaUBERON:000538648.68gold quality
adenohypophysisUBERON:000219648.36gold quality
right adrenal glandUBERON:000123347.82gold quality
cortex of kidneyUBERON:000122545.59gold quality
right ovaryUBERON:000211845.10gold quality
left adrenal glandUBERON:000123444.91gold quality
left adrenal gland cortexUBERON:003582544.20gold quality
vaginaUBERON:000099644.17gold quality
bloodUBERON:000017844.13gold quality
mucosa of stomachUBERON:000119943.96gold quality
kidneyUBERON:000211343.23gold quality
superior frontal gyrusUBERON:000266143.19gold quality
adrenal glandUBERON:000236943.15gold quality
tonsilUBERON:000237242.87silver quality
prostate glandUBERON:000236742.86gold quality
ovaryUBERON:000099242.85gold quality

Single-cell (SCXA)

Detected in 1 experiment(s), a significant marker in 0.

ExperimentMarker?Max mean expression
E-ANND-3no0.79

Regulation

Is transcription factor: no

Cross-species orthologs

0 orthologs

Paralogs (23): TUBG2 (ENSG00000037042), TUBE1 (ENSG00000074935), TUBA3D (ENSG00000075886), TUBB1 (ENSG00000101162), TUBB4A (ENSG00000104833), TUBD1 (ENSG00000108423), TUBA1B (ENSG00000123416), TUBA4A (ENSG00000127824), TUBG1 (ENSG00000131462), TUBB2A (ENSG00000137267), TUBB2B (ENSG00000137285), TUBA3E (ENSG00000152086), TUBA1A (ENSG00000167552), TUBA1C (ENSG00000167553), TUBB6 (ENSG00000176014), TUBAL3 (ENSG00000178462), TUBA8 (ENSG00000183785), TUBB4B (ENSG00000188229), TUBB (ENSG00000196230), TUBA3C (ENSG00000198033), TUBA4B (ENSG00000243910), TUBB3 (ENSG00000258947), TUBB8 (ENSG00000261456)

Protein

Protein identifiers

Tubulin beta 8BA6NNZ2 (reviewed: A6NNZ2)

All UniProt accessions (1): A6NNZ2

UniProt curated annotations — full annotation on UniProt →

Function. Tubulin is the major constituent of microtubules, a cylinder consisting of laterally associated linear protofilaments composed of alpha- and beta-tubulin heterodimers. Microtubules grow by the addition of GTP-tubulin dimers to the microtubule end, where a stabilizing cap forms. Below the cap, tubulin dimers are in GDP-bound state, owing to GTPase activity of alpha-tubulin.

Subunit / interactions. Dimer of alpha and beta chains. A typical microtubule is a hollow water-filled tube with an outer diameter of 25 nm and an inner diameter of 15 nM. Alpha-beta heterodimers associate head-to-tail to form protofilaments running lengthwise along the microtubule wall with the beta-tubulin subunit facing the microtubule plus end conferring a structural polarity. Microtubules usually have 13 protofilaments but different protofilament numbers can be found in some organisms and specialized cells.

Subcellular location. Cytoplasm. Cytoskeleton.

Post-translational modifications. Some glutamate residues at the C-terminus are polyglutamylated, resulting in polyglutamate chains on the gamma-carboxyl group. Polyglutamylation plays a key role in microtubule severing by spastin (SPAST). SPAST preferentially recognizes and acts on microtubules decorated with short polyglutamate tails: severing activity by SPAST increases as the number of glutamates per tubulin rises from one to eight, but decreases beyond this glutamylation threshold. Glutamylation is also involved in cilia motility. Some glutamate residues at the C-terminus are monoglycylated but not polyglycylated due to the absence of functional TTLL10 in human. Monoglycylation is mainly limited to tubulin incorporated into cilia and flagella axonemes, which is required for their stability and maintenance. Flagella glycylation controls sperm motility. Both polyglutamylation and monoglycylation can coexist on the same protein on adjacent residues, and lowering glycylation levels increases polyglutamylation, and reciprocally. Phosphorylated on Ser-172 by CDK1 during the cell cycle, from metaphase to telophase, but not in interphase. This phosphorylation inhibits tubulin incorporation into microtubules.

Domain organisation. The MREI motif is common among all beta-tubulin isoforms and may be critical for tubulin autoregulation.

Similarity. Belongs to the tubulin family.

RefSeq proteins (4): NP_001345618, NP_001408659, NP_001408671, NP_001408673 (=MANE)

Domains & families (InterPro)

IDNameType
IPR000217TubulinFamily
IPR002453Beta_tubulinFamily
IPR003008Tubulin_FtsZ_GTPaseDomain
IPR008280Tub_FtsZ_CHomologous_superfamily
IPR013838Beta-tubulin_BSBinding_site
IPR017975Tubulin_CSConserved_site
IPR018316Tubulin/FtsZ_2-layer-sand-domDomain
IPR023123Tubulin_CHomologous_superfamily
IPR036525Tubulin/FtsZ_GTPase_sfHomologous_superfamily
IPR037103Tubulin/FtsZ-like_CHomologous_superfamily

Pfam: PF00091, PF03953

UniProt features (15 total): binding site 9, modified residue 2, chain 1, region of interest 1, short sequence motif 1, compositionally biased region 1

Structure

Experimental structures (PDB)

0 structures.

Predicted structure (AlphaFold)

ModelpLDDTFraction very-high
AF-A6NNZ2-F191.380.80

Functional residue map

Curated UniProt residues grouped by drug-discovery relevance — catalytic, ligand-binding, modification, and mutation-validated positions. Source: UniProtKB sequence features.

Ligand- & substrate-binding residues (9): 144; 204; 226; 11; 69; 69; 138; 142; 143

Post-translational modifications (2): 172, 436

Function

Pathways and Gene Ontology

Reactome pathways

77 pathways

IDPathway
R-HSA-1445148Translocation of SLC2A4 (GLUT4) to the plasma membrane
R-HSA-190840Microtubule-dependent trafficking of connexons from Golgi to the plasma membrane
R-HSA-190861Gap junction assembly
R-HSA-2132295MHC class II antigen presentation
R-HSA-2467813Separation of Sister Chromatids
R-HSA-2500257Resolution of Sister Chromatid Cohesion
R-HSA-3371497HSP90 chaperone cycle for steroid hormone receptors (SHR) in the presence of ligand
R-HSA-380320Recruitment of NuMA to mitotic centrosomes
R-HSA-437239Recycling pathway of L1
R-HSA-5620920Cargo trafficking to the periciliary membrane
R-HSA-5626467RHO GTPases activate IQGAPs
R-HSA-5663220RHO GTPases Activate Formins
R-HSA-6807878COPI-mediated anterograde transport
R-HSA-6811434COPI-dependent Golgi-to-ER retrograde traffic
R-HSA-6811436COPI-independent Golgi-to-ER retrograde traffic
R-HSA-68877Mitotic Prometaphase
R-HSA-8852276The role of GTSE1 in G2/M progression after G2 checkpoint
R-HSA-8955332Carboxyterminal post-translational modifications of tubulin
R-HSA-9609690HCMV Early Events
R-HSA-9609736Assembly and cell surface presentation of NMDA receptors
R-HSA-9619483Activation of AMPK downstream of NMDARs
R-HSA-9646399Aggrephagy
R-HSA-9648025EML4 and NUDC in mitotic spindle formation
R-HSA-9668328Sealing of the nuclear envelope (NE) by ESCRT-III
R-HSA-983189Kinesins
R-HSA-9833482PKR-mediated signaling
R-HSA-5617833Cilium Assembly
R-HSA-109582Hemostasis
R-HSA-112314Neurotransmitter receptors and postsynaptic signal transmission
R-HSA-112315Transmission across Chemical Synapses

MSigDB gene sets: 84 (showing top): REACTOME_ADAPTIVE_IMMUNE_SYSTEM, REACTOME_CYTOKINE_SIGNALING_IN_IMMUNE_SYSTEM, REACTOME_MEMBRANE_TRAFFICKING, GOBP_MITOTIC_CELL_CYCLE, REACTOME_GAP_JUNCTION_ASSEMBLY, REACTOME_TRANSMISSION_ACROSS_CHEMICAL_SYNAPSES, GOCC_SPINDLE, GOCC_MITOTIC_SPINDLE, GOCC_INTERCELLULAR_BRIDGE, GOMF_GTPASE_ACTIVITY, GOMF_HYDROLASE_ACTIVITY_ACTING_ON_ACID_ANHYDRIDES, GOMF_STRUCTURAL_CONSTITUENT_OF_CYTOSKELETON, GOMF_STRUCTURAL_MOLECULE_ACTIVITY, REACTOME_POST_TRANSLATIONAL_PROTEIN_MODIFICATION, GOBP_MICROTUBULE_CYTOSKELETON_ORGANIZATION

GO Biological Process (3): microtubule cytoskeleton organization (GO:0000226), mitotic cell cycle (GO:0000278), microtubule-based process (GO:0007017)

GO Molecular Function (5): GTPase activity (GO:0003924), structural constituent of cytoskeleton (GO:0005200), GTP binding (GO:0005525), metal ion binding (GO:0046872), nucleotide binding (GO:0000166)

GO Cellular Component (7): cytoplasm (GO:0005737), microtubule (GO:0005874), microtubule cytoskeleton (GO:0015630), intercellular bridge (GO:0045171), extracellular exosome (GO:0070062), mitotic spindle (GO:0072686), cytoskeleton (GO:0005856)

Reactome top-level categories

Rollup of top-17 pathways:

CategoryPathways
Mitotic Prometaphase2
RHO GTPase Effectors2
Golgi-to-ER retrograde transport2
Membrane Trafficking1
Transport of connexons to the plasma membrane1
Gap junction trafficking1
Adaptive Immune System1
Mitotic Anaphase1
Cellular responses to stress1
L1CAM interactions1
Assembly of the 9+0 primary cilium1
ER to Golgi Anterograde Transport1
M Phase1
G2/M Transition1
Post-translational protein modification1

GO top-level categories

Rollup of top GO terms by namespace:

CategoryTerms
cytoskeleton organization2
cytoskeleton2
cellular anatomical structure2
microtubule-based process1
cell cycle1
mitotic nuclear division1
cellular process1
ribonucleoside triphosphate phosphatase activity1
structural molecule activity1
guanyl ribonucleotide binding1
purine ribonucleoside triphosphate binding1
cation binding1
nucleoside phosphate binding1
heterocyclic compound binding1
intracellular anatomical structure1
microtubule cytoskeleton1
polymeric cytoskeletal fiber1
extracellular vesicle1
spindle1
intracellular membraneless organelle1

Protein interactions and networks

STRING

2586 interactions, top by confidence (×1000):

Protein AProtein BPartner UniProtScore
TUBB8BGLUD2P49448255
TUBB8BCAMKK2Q96RR4215
TUBB8BATP2C2O75185211
TUBB8BKATNAL2Q8IYT4204
TUBB8BSCNN1GP51170185
TUBB8BGLIS1Q8NBF1183
TUBB8BEPB41L4BQ9H329174
TUBB8BIDH1O75874173
TUBB8BMCM7P33993172
TUBB8BEEF2P13639168
TUBB8BTBCDQ9BTW9168
TUBB8BTBCAO75347167
TUBB8BCRATP43155167
TUBB8BMUC12Q9UKN1167
TUBB8BESPL1Q14674166
TUBB8BGTF2H4Q92759166

IntAct

8 interactions, top by confidence:

ABTypeScore
BACE1TUBB8Bpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
TUBBPOTEFpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
TUBB4BPOTEFpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
TUBB3TUBB8Bpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
ICAM1TUBB8Bpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
OPG065TUBB8Bpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
ESYT2psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350

ESM2 similar proteins: A6NNZ2, P02554, P04350, P07437, P09206, P09244, P09652, P11833, P11857, P14643, P18025, P30156, P61857, P61858, P68371, P69893, P69895, P69897, P83130, P99024, Q08115, Q13509, Q24560, Q27U48, Q2HJ81, Q2KJD0, Q2T9S0, Q3MHM5, Q3ZBU7, Q3ZCM7, Q4QRB4, Q4R4X8, Q5R943, Q60HC2, Q6GLE7, Q6P9T8, Q6VAF4, Q767L7, Q7JJU6, Q7KQL5

Diamond homologs: A2AQ07, A6NNZ2, O04386, O17449, O44388, P02554, P04350, P04690, P07436, P07437, P08841, P09203, P09206, P09207, P09244, P09652, P09653, P10876, P10878, P11482, P11833, P11857, P12456, P13602, P14643, P18241, P20365, P22852, P30883, P32882, P33188, P34108, P36221, P37832, P41352, P41387, P41937, P46265, P50261, P50262

SIGNOR signaling

0 interactions.

Disease & clinical

Clinical variants and AI predictions

ClinVar

6 variants total. Per-class counts are floors (≥ shown; pagination cap):

ClassificationCount (floor)
Pathogenic0
Likely pathogenic0
Uncertain significance0
Likely benign6
Benign0

Top pathogenic / likely-pathogenic (0)

SpliceAI

0 predictions. Top by Δscore:

AlphaMissense

2966 scored. Top likely-pathogenic:

VariantProtein changeam_pathogenicity
18:47543:G:CF394L0.905
18:47543:G:TF394L0.905
18:47545:A:GF394L0.905
18:48326:G:CF133L0.880
18:48326:G:TF133L0.880
18:48328:A:GF133L0.880
18:47999:G:CF242L0.878
18:47999:G:TF242L0.878
18:48001:A:GF242L0.878
18:49235:G:CF20L0.872
18:49235:G:TF20L0.872
18:49237:A:GF20L0.872
18:48224:G:CF167L0.868
18:48224:G:TF167L0.868
18:48226:A:GF167L0.868
18:47570:A:CF385L0.867
18:47570:A:TF385L0.867
18:47572:A:GF385L0.867
18:47774:G:CF317L0.848
18:47774:G:TF317L0.848
18:47776:A:GF317L0.848
18:47501:G:CF408L0.847
18:47501:G:TF408L0.847
18:47503:A:GF408L0.847
18:48221:G:CS168R0.845
18:48221:G:TS168R0.845
18:48223:T:GS168R0.845
18:48962:G:CF85L0.845
18:48962:G:TF85L0.845
18:48964:A:GF85L0.845

dbSNP variants (sampled 300 via entrez): RS1000144866 (18:51456 T>C), RS1000225823 (18:66679 G>C), RS1000248061 (18:72186 A>C), RS1000426207 (18:50651 A>T), RS1000452976 (18:51666 C>T), RS1000543173 (18:57827 A>C), RS1000563209 (18:67844 C>T), RS1000633406 (18:73338 C>A,T), RS1000703045 (18:72400 G>C), RS1000828684 (18:57573 C>G), RS1000984088 (18:73224 T>A,C,G), RS1001136700 (18:67993 C>A,G), RS1001226726 (18:65392 CT>C), RS1001308133 (18:70889 A>G), RS1001345248 (18:63277 G>A)

Disease associations

OMIM: gene `` | disease phenotypes:

GenCC curated gene-disease

Mondo (0):

Orphanet (0):

HPO phenotypes

0 total (0 of 0 shown, HPO-id order):

GWAS associations

0 associations (top):

Drugs & pharmacology

Drug and pharmacology data

Is drug target: yes

ChEMBL targets (2): CHEMBL3832942 (PROTEIN FAMILY), CHEMBL6066847 (PROTEIN-PROTEIN INTERACTION)

Molecules with ChEMBL bioactivity

1 molecules (phase ≥1), by development phase (incl. off-target/promiscuous compounds). Patent mentions across the top 20 by phase: 14,987 (via chembl_molecule»patent_compound — counts attach to the compound, not the gene–compound relationship, so off-target/promiscuous molecules can dominate).

MoleculeNamePhasePatents
CHEMBL364713NOSCAPINE414,987

PharmGKB: 1 entry (VIP=true, CPIC=false)

ChEMBL bioactivities

11 potent at pChembl≥5 of 11 total, top 11 by pChembl (potency: 10 = 0.1 nM, 6 = 1 µM).

pChemblTypeValueUnitMolecule
7.67Kd21.5nMCHEMBL4797381
7.60IC5025nMCHEMBL552462
7.43Kd36.9nMCHEMBL4756812
6.96IC50108.4nMCHEMBL5206193
6.88Kd133nMCHEMBL4751205
6.88Kd132nMCHEMBL4797299
6.43Kd374.3nMCHEMBL4747307
6.24Kd579nMNOSCAPINE
5.63IC502320nMCHEMBL5197309
5.26IC505510nMCHEMBL5276251
5.08IC508400nMCHEMBL5186583

PubChem BioAssay actives

11 with measured affinity, of 225 total; 11 most potent distinct compounds. Largely complementary to BindingDB; screening values are coarse (µM, 4 dp), so sub-nM hits tie at the floor.

CompoundAssayTypeValueUnit
(3S)-3-[(5R)-6-[[1-(4-fluorophenyl)triazol-4-yl]methyl]-4-methoxy-7,8-dihydro-5H-[1,3]dioxolo[4,5-g]isoquinolin-5-yl]-6,7-dimethoxy-3H-2-benzofuran-1-one1675128: Binding affinity to CM5 chip immobilized beta tubulin (unknown origin) assessed as thermodynamic constants by SPR assaykd0.0215uM
[4-amino-2-(4-methoxyanilino)-1,3-thiazol-5-yl]-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)methanone1674862: Binding affinity to beta tubulin in HEK293 cells assessed as disruption of microtubule polymerization by ITDRF-CETSA assayic500.0250uM
(3S)-3-[(5R)-9-bromo-6-[[1-(4-bromophenyl)triazol-4-yl]methyl]-4-methoxy-7,8-dihydro-5H-[1,3]dioxolo[4,5-g]isoquinolin-5-yl]-6,7-dimethoxy-3H-2-benzofuran-1-one1675128: Binding affinity to CM5 chip immobilized beta tubulin (unknown origin) assessed as thermodynamic constants by SPR assaykd0.0369uM
N-[2-[[(E)-(2,4-dihydroxyphenyl)methylideneamino]carbamoyl]phenyl]furan-2-carboxamide1925486: Inhibition of beta-tubulin polymerization (unknown origin) by ELISAic500.1084uM
(3S)-3-[(5R)-9-bromo-6-[[1-(2-hydroxybutyl)triazol-4-yl]methyl]-4-methoxy-7,8-dihydro-5H-[1,3]dioxolo[4,5-g]isoquinolin-5-yl]-6,7-dimethoxy-3H-2-benzofuran-1-one1675128: Binding affinity to CM5 chip immobilized beta tubulin (unknown origin) assessed as thermodynamic constants by SPR assaykd0.1320uM
(3S)-3-[(5R)-6-[(1-benzyltriazol-4-yl)methyl]-4-methoxy-7,8-dihydro-5H-[1,3]dioxolo[4,5-g]isoquinolin-5-yl]-6,7-dimethoxy-3H-2-benzofuran-1-one1675128: Binding affinity to CM5 chip immobilized beta tubulin (unknown origin) assessed as thermodynamic constants by SPR assaykd0.1330uM
(3S)-3-[(5R)-9-bromo-6-[[1-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)triazol-4-yl]methyl]-4-methoxy-7,8-dihydro-5H-[1,3]dioxolo[4,5-g]isoquinolin-5-yl]-6,7-dimethoxy-3H-2-benzofuran-1-one1675128: Binding affinity to CM5 chip immobilized beta tubulin (unknown origin) assessed as thermodynamic constants by SPR assaykd0.3743uM
(3S)-6,7-dimethoxy-3-[(5R)-4-methoxy-6-methyl-7,8-dihydro-5H-[1,3]dioxolo[4,5-g]isoquinolin-5-yl]-3H-2-benzofuran-1-one1675128: Binding affinity to CM5 chip immobilized beta tubulin (unknown origin) assessed as thermodynamic constants by SPR assaykd0.5790uM
4-[(1,3-dioxoisoindol-2-yl)methyl]-N-[4-[(E)-3-(3,4,5-trimethylphenyl)prop-2-enoyl]phenyl]benzamide1847784: Inhibition of beta-tubulin polymerization in human MCF7 cells using TMB as substrate incubated for 2 hrs by spectrophotometry analysisic502.3200uM
(E)-1-(5-bromo-2-phenyl-1-benzofuran-7-yl)-3-(4-fluorophenyl)prop-2-en-1-one1925479: Inhibition of beta-tubulin polymerization (unknown origin) measured every 3 secs for 1 hr by spectrofluorometeric505.5100uM
(E)-1-[4-[(1-ethyl-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-4-yl)amino]phenyl]-3-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one1925477: Inhibition of beta-tubulin polymerization in human HCT-116 cells using TMB substrate by ELISAic508.4000uM

CTD chemical–gene interactions

1 total (human), top 1 by PubMed support.

ChemicalActions (top 5)PubMed papers
epigallocatechin gallateincreases expression1

ChEMBL screening assays

141 unique, capped per target: 141 binding

Representative assays (with source publication via chembl_document):

Assay IDTypeDescriptionSource paper
CHEMBL1175683Bindinginhibition of beta tubulin acylation in human M21 cells assessed as beta-tubulin band migration by Western blottingSynthesis, antiproliferative activity evaluation and structure-activity relationships of novel aromatic urea and amide analogues of N-phenyl-N’-(2-chloroethyl)ureas. — Eur J Med Chem

Clinical trials (associated diseases)

0 trials via MONDO — disease-level, not drug-specific.

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