Tuba3a tubulin, alpha 3A [Rattus norvegicus (Norway rat)] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: Tuba3aprovided by RGD
Official Full Name: tubulin, alpha 3Aprovided by RGD
Primary source: RGD:1565719
See related: Ensembl:ENSRNOG00000031707 AllianceGenome:RGD:1565719
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: PROVISIONAL
Organism: Rattus norvegicus
Lineage: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Rodentia; Myomorpha; Muroidea; Muridae; Murinae; Rattus
Summary: Predicted to enable GTP binding activity; hydrolase activity; and metal ion binding activity. Predicted to be a structural constituent of cytoskeleton. Predicted to be involved in cytoskeleton organization and microtubule-based process. Predicted to be located in cilium and microtubule cytoskeleton. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in keratoconus. Orthologous to several human genes including TUBA3D (tubulin alpha 3d). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]
Expression: Restricted expression toward (RPKM 1312.0) See more
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Genomic context

Location:: 4q42

Exon count:: 5

Annotation release	Status	Assembly	Chr	Location
RS_2024_02	current	GRCr8 (GCF_036323735.1)	4	NC_086022.1 (159761311..159770200, complement)
RS_2023_06	previous assembly	mRatBN7.2 (GCF_015227675.2)	4	NC_051339.1 (158075083..158083972, complement)

Chromosome 4 - NC_086022.1 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:

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Expression

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See details

Project title: A rat RNA-Seq transcriptomic BodyMap across 11 organs and 4 developmental stages
Description: 320 RNA samples isolated from 11 organs (adrenal gland, brain, heart, kidney, liver, lung, muscle, spleen, thymus, and testes or uterus) from both sexes of Fischer 344 rats across four developmental stages (2-, 6-, 21-, and 104-weeks-old)
BioProject: PRJNA238328
Publication: PMID 24510058
Analysis date: Mon Jun 6 17:44:12 2016

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Interactions

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Products	Interactant	Other Gene	Complex	Source	Pubs	Description

General gene information

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Markers

AI528779 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:179462

D4Got129 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:115808

Gene Ontology Provided by RGD

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables GTP binding	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables GTP binding	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables GTPase activity	ISS Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity more info
enables structural constituent of cytoskeleton	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables structural constituent of cytoskeleton	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
involved_in microtubule cytoskeleton organization	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in microtubule-based process	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in mitotic cell cycle	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
located_in cilium	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
is_active_in cytoplasm	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
located_in cytoskeleton	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in membrane raft	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
is_active_in microtubule	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
located_in microtubule	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in microtubule cytoskeleton	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info

General protein information

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Preferred Names: tubulin alpha-3 chain

Names: alpha-tubulin 3

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

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