Component
Curved mammalian alpha/beta-tubulin dimer
Context-specific entity; species, compartment and exposure are stated on each claim.
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
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Other things that act on it
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How nutrients reach it in more than one step
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What it does
Every recorded relationship this component is part of, grouped by its role. Plain wording comes first; the technical statement follows.
What acts on it
TTL recognized the curved tubulin dimer and its alpha-tubulin tail, discriminating between tubulin subunits and modification states.
Experimental context and source evidence
- evidence_access
- Primary full text; Results
- experimental_model
- Chicken TTL structural reconstitution; tubulin-binding and activity comparisons.
- limitations
- Tubulin modification state controls access; the finding does not show dietary tyrosine is rate limiting.
- nutrient_topic
- L-Tyrosine collection; species, compartment, exposure, co-substrates and manipulation remain explicit. · L-Tyrosine
- plain_language
- The enzyme needs the correct protein shape and tail, not just free amino acid.
- primary_references
- Structural basis of tubulin tyrosination by tubulin tyrosine ligase. · 2013 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23358242/ · DOI 10.1083/jcb.201211017
L-Tyrosine: catecholamines, thyroid chemistry, pigment, metabolism and cross-nutrient mechanisms (2026-09-19) · lines 324–330
AI-assisted research curation; primary references, access levels and experimental limitations individually identified. Not publisher full text. · supports · Chicken TTL structural reconstitution; tubulin-binding and activity comparisons. · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
## l-tyrosine-tubulin-recognition The enzyme needs the correct protein shape and tail, not just free amino acid. TTL recognized the curved tubulin dimer and its alpha-tubulin tail, discriminating between tubulin subunits and modification states. Model: Chicken TTL structural reconstitution; tubulin-binding and activity comparisons. Limitations: Tubulin modification state controls access; the finding does not show dietary tyrosine is rate limiting. Evidence access: Primary full text; Results Structural basis of tubulin tyrosination by tubulin tyrosine ligase. · 2013 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23358242/ · DOI 10.1083/jcb.201211017
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The events it takes part in
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Situations it appears in
Low-supply and faulty-machinery situations recorded in the chapters where this component plays a part.
In the sources
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Open hypotheses
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