Cristae are highly folded inner mitochondrial membrane compartments that are studded with cytochromes and ATP synthase proteins and function to provide a...
Major histocompatibility complex (MHC), human leukocyte antigen (HLA) molecules are cell-surface receptors that bind foreign peptides and present them to T...
Glucagon is a pancreatic hormone that functions as an antagonist to insulin, stimulating the conversion of glycogen to glucose and increasing blood sugar...
Aspartate aminotransferase, cytoplasmic is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the GOT1 gene. Glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase is a pyridoxal...
Growth/differentiation factors (GDFs) are members of the TGF? superfamily. Members of the TGF? superfamily are involved in embryonic development and adult...
Hemoglobin, myoglobin, neuroglobin, and cytoglobin belong to the globin family, porphyrin-containing proteins that function in oxygen transport and storage....
Pentraxins, which include C-reactive protein (CRP) and serum amyloid P component (SAP), are prototypic acute phase proteins. CRP and SAP are produced by...
UGT8 (UDP-galactose-ceramide galactosyltransferase, 2-hydroxyacylsphingosine 1-beta-galactosyltransferase) is a 541 amino acid, single pass membrane protein...
Profilaggrin is a large, insoluble, highly phosphorylated precursor protein and major component of keratohyalin granules in the living cells of the...
Chromosome 15 encodes over 700 genes and comprises nearly 3% of the human genome. CHRFAM7A, a fusion protein comprised of FAM7A and AChR(alpha)7, is encoded...
Glucosylceramide synthase (GCS), also designated ceramide glucosyltransferase, belongs to the glycosyltransferase 2 family. It is a widely expressed integral...
Prealbumin, also designated transthyretin, is a major thyroid-hormone binding protein involved in transporting thyroxine from the bloodstream to the brain....
Trefoil peptides are protease resistant molecules secreted throughout the gut that play a role in mucosal healing and protection of the gastrointestinal...
Retinoids act through ligand-dependent transcription factors, retinoid X receptor (RXRs) and retinoic acid receptors (RARs). Tazarotene-induced gene (TIG)...
The tenascin family of extracellular matrix proteins includes Tenascin-C (also designated cytotactin or Tenascin), Tenascin-R (also designated restrictin,...
The SOCS (suppressor of cytokine signaling) gene family consists of a group of proteins that negatively regulate cytokine signal transduction. The SOCS...
PDCD1 (Programmed Cell Death-1 protein), also designated CD279, is a type I transmembrane receptor and a member of the immunoglobin gene superfamily. Pdcd-1...
Parvalbumin is a small, stable protein containing EF-hand type calcium binding sites. It is involved in calcium signaling. Typically, this protein is broken...
Midkine, or MK, is a heparin-binding molecule involved in the regulation of growth and differentiation during embryogenesis. MK expression is tightly...
The TGF(beta) superfamily is composed of numerous growth and differentiation factors, including transforming growth factor (beta) (TGF(beta)) 1, 2 and 3;...