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Mutations affecting G-protein subunit α11 in hypercalcemia and hypocalcemia.
The New England journal of medicine - 27 Jun 2013
Nesbit M Andrew, Hannan Fadil M, Howles Sarah A, Babinsky Valerie N, Head Rosie A, Cranston Treena, Rust Nigel, Hobbs Maurine R, Heath Hunter, Thakker Rajesh V
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia is a genetically heterogeneous disorder with three variants: types 1, 2, and 3. Type 1 is due to loss-of-function mutations of the calcium-sensing receptor, a guanine nucleotide-binding protein (G-protein)-coupled receptor that signals through the G-protein subunit α11 (Gα11). Type 3 is associated with adaptor-related protein complex 2, sigma 1 subunit (AP2S1)...
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