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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 30.
Published in final edited form as: Methods Cell Biol. 2010;95:105–126. doi: 10.1016/S0091-679X(10)95007-3

Table II. Tubulin posttranslational modifications, mass changes, and location.

Modification Δm Location
Tyrosination/detyrosination ±163.06 Da C-terminal tail, α-tubulin
Δ2-Tubulin −292.10 Da C-terminal tail, α-tubulin
Glutamylation +129.04 Da C-terminal tail, α- and β-tubulin
Glycylation +57.02 Da C-terminal tail, α- and β-tubulin
Acetylation +42.01 Da α-Tubulin (Lys40)
Phosphorylation +79.97 Da β-Tubulin (Ser441/444)