title: Immunological discrimination of beta-tubulin isoforms in developing mouse brain. Post-translational modification of non-class-III beta-tubulins.
abstract: Individual beta-tubulin isoforms in developing mouse brain were characterized using immunoblotting, after preceding high-resolution isoelectric focusing, with monoclonal antibodies against different structural regions of beta-tubulin. Some of the antibodies reacted with a limited number of tubulin isoforms in all stages of brain development and in HeLa cells. The epitope for the TU-14 antibody was located in the isotype-defining domain and was present on the beta-tubulin isotypes of classes I, II and IV, but absent on the neuron-specific class-III isotype. The data suggest that non-class-III beta-tubulins in mouse brain are substrates for developmentally regulated post-translational modifications and that beta-tubulins of non-neuronal cells are also post-translationally modified.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001921:Brain / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D000939:Epitopes / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D007525:Isoelectric Focusing; D007536:Isomerism; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational / Q000502:physiology*; D014404:Tubulin / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000939:Epitopes; D014404:Tubulin