Alpha subunits (α) refers to several protein subunits, e.g.:
G proteins
Gi alpha subunit
Gs alpha subunit
Gq alpha subunit
The pore-forming loop of ion channels
Topics referred to by the same term
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Gi protein alphasubunit is a family of heterotrimeric G protein alphasubunits. This family is also commonly called the Gi/o (Gi /Go ) family or Gi/o/z/t...
Gq protein alphasubunit is a family of heterotrimeric G protein alphasubunits. This family is also commonly called the Gq/11 (Gq/G11) family or Gq/11/14/15...
The Gs alphasubunit (Gαs, Gsα) is a subunit of the heterotrimeric G protein Gs that stimulates the cAMP-dependent pathway by activating adenylyl cyclase...
class of complexes is made up of alpha (Gα), beta (Gβ) and gamma (Gγ) subunits. In addition, the beta and gamma subunits can form a stable dimeric complex...
G alphasubunits are one of the three types of subunit of guanine nucleotide binding proteins, which are membrane-associated, heterotrimeric G proteins...
Hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha, also known as HIF-1-alpha, is a subunit of a heterodimeric transcription factor hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) that...
Hemoglobin subunitalpha, Hemoglobin, alpha 1, is a hemoglobin protein that in humans is encoded by the HBA1 gene. The human alpha globin gene cluster...
Interleukin-23 subunitalpha is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IL23A gene. The protein is also known as IL-23p19. It is one of the two subunits of the...
Sodium channels consist of large alphasubunits that associate with accessory proteins, such as beta subunits. An alphasubunit forms the core of the channel...
the G-protein by exchanging the GDP on the alphasubunit to GTP. The binding of GTP to the alphasubunit results in a structural change and its dissociation...
specificity for receptor interactions. These subunits are heavily modified by glycosylation. The alphasubunit is common to each protein dimer (well conserved...
G(q) subunitalpha is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GNAQ gene. Together with GNA11 (its paralogue), it functions as a Gq alphasubunit. Guanine...
an integrin alphasubunit. It makes up half of the α4β1 lymphocyte homing receptor. The product of this gene belongs to the integrin alpha chain family...
subunitalpha, mitochondrial also known as hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase/3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase/enoyl-CoA hydratase (trifunctional protein), alpha subunit...
hormone (TSH), and a β (beta) subunit that is unique to hCG. The α (alpha) subunit is 92 amino acids long. The β-subunit of hCG gonadotropin (beta-hCG)...
composed of an alphasubunit (this protein) and a beta subunit. The alphasubunit polypeptide is encoded by the HEXA gene while the beta subunit is encoded...
Integrin alpha M (ITGAM) is one protein subunit that forms heterodimeric integrin alpha-M beta-2 (αMβ2) molecule, also known as macrophage-1 antigen (Mac-1)...
the second component of the inhibin dimer is a more distantly-related alphasubunit. Activin, inhibin and a number of other structurally related proteins...
subunits of the G protein. As a result, the alphasubunit is now free to bind to the cGMP phosphodiesterase (an effector protein). The alphasubunit interacts...
ATP synthase F1 subunitalpha, mitochondrial is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ATP5F1A gene. This gene encodes a subunit of mitochondrial ATP...