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Genetic diseases associated with heterotrimeric G proteins.
Trends in pharmacological sciences - 1 May 2006
Weinstein Lee S, Chen Min, Xie Tao, Liu Jie
Abstract excerpt
Heterotrimeric G proteins couple receptors for diverse extracellular signals to effector enzymes or ion channels. Each G protein comprises a specific alpha-subunit and a tightly bound betagamma dimer. Several human disorders that result from genetic G-protein abnormalities involve the imprinted GNAS gene, which encodes Gs alpha, the ubiquitously expressed alpha-subunit that couples receptors to adenylyl cyclase...
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