Definition of tubulin in English:
tubulin
noun ˈtjuːbjʊlɪnˈt(y)o͞obyələn
mass nounBiochemistry A protein that is the main constituent of the microtubules of living cells.
Example sentencesExamples
- The basic structural subunit of microtubules is the protein tubulin.
- Taxotere works by inhibiting tubulin, a protein essential to cell division, thus preventing cancer cells from dividing and growing in number.
- We also detected increases in fragments of intracellular structural proteins: tubulin, actin, and myosin.
- Linear structures formed by proteins such as actin and tubulin are reversible and highly dynamic.
- In addition to actin, other filamentous systems in cells include tubulin, collagen, and DNA.
Origin
1960s: from tubule + -in1.