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STRING protein interaction network
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mec-17Alpha-tubulin N-acetyltransferase 1; Specifically acetylates 'Lys-40' in alpha-tubulin/mec-12 on the lumenal side of microtubules. Promotes microtubule destabilization and accelerates microtubule dynamics; this activity may be independent of acetylation activity. Acetylates alpha-tubulin with a slow enzymatic rate, due to a catalytic site that is not optimized for acetyl transfer. Enters the microtubule through each end and diffuses quickly throughout the lumen of microtubules. Acetylates only long/old microtubules because of its slow acetylation rate since it does not have time to act [...] (262 aa)    
Predicted Functional Partners:
mec-12
Detyrosinated tubulin alpha-3 chain; Tubulin is the major constituent of microtubules (Probable). It binds two moles of GTP, one at an exchangeable site on the beta chain and one at a non-exchangeable site on the alpha chain (Probable). Component of the large-diameter neuronal microtubules which contains 15 protofilaments. Plays a role in mechanosensory transduction (touch sensitivity).
   
 
 0.938
mec-7
Tubulin beta-1 chain; Tubulin is the major constituent of microtubules (Probable). It binds two moles of GTP, one at an exchangeable site on the beta chain and one at a non-exchangeable site on the alpha chain (Probable). Plays a role in mechanosensory transduction (touch sensitivity).
   
  
 0.829
ttll-4
Tubulin polyglutamylase ttll-4; Polyglutamylase involved in side-chain polyglutamylation of tubulin in sensory cilia. Together with ttll-5 and ttll-11, required for male mating.
  
   
 0.782
ttll-5
Tubulin polyglutamylase ttll-5; Polyglutamylase which preferentially modifies alpha-tubulin (By similarity). Involved in the side-chain initiation step of the polyglutamylation reaction rather than in the elongation step (By similarity). Together with ttll-4 and ttll-11, required for male mating. Probably by regulating microtubule stability via the glutamylation of tubulin, negatively regulates axon regrowth after injury in PLM neurons.
   
  
 0.759
mec-3
Mechanosensory protein 3; Specifies differentiation of the set of six touch receptor neurons. Binds cooperatively as a heterodimer with unc-86 to sites in the mec-3 gene promoter.
   
  
 0.750
hda-6
Histone deacetylase 6; Probable histone deacetylase. Histone deacetylases are responsible for the deacetylation of lysine residues on the N-terminal part of the core histones (H2A, H2B, H3 and H4). Histone deacetylation gives a tag for epigenetic repression and plays an important role in transcriptional regulation, cell cycle progression and developmental events. Histone deacetylases act via the formation of large multiprotein complexes (By similarity).
   
  
 0.745
mec-18
Uncharacterized protein.
   
  
 0.724
ptrn-1
Patronin (microtubule-binding protein) homolog; Required for microtubule stability and anchorage by binding to the minus ends of microtubules. Acts redundantly with noca-1 to control circumferential microtubule assembly along the body which is necessary for larval development, viability, morphology and integrity of the epidermis. Promotes microtubule stability and polymerization in neurons. Involved in the maintenance of neurite morphology in ALM and PLM neurons. May play a role in synaptic protein localization in the PLM neuron. May act upstream of dlk-1 in neuronal regeneration. Play [...]
      
 0.695
mec-4
Degenerin mec-4; Probable sodium channel subunit. May be needed for mechanosensory transduction (touch sensitivity). Negatively regulates the turning step of male mating behavior.
   
  
 0.677
mec-2
Mechanosensory protein 2; Positively regulates the activity of the putative mechanosensory transduction channel. May link the mechanosensory channel and the microtubule cytoskeleton of the touch receptor neurons. Required for the function of a set of six touch receptor neurons.
   
  
 0.675
Your Current Organism:
Caenorhabditis elegans
NCBI taxonomy Id: 6239
Other names: C. elegans, Rhabditis elegans, roundworm
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