The sense of taste provides animals with valuable information about the quality and nutritional value of food. There are four widely accepted categories of...
SSTRs (for somatostatin receptors) represent a family of G-protein-coupled receptors which mediate the diverse biological actions of somatostatin(SST). There...
SSTRs (for somatostatin receptors) represent a family of G-protein-coupled receptors which mediate the diverse biological actions of somatostatin(SST). There...
Retinoic acid-induced protein 3 (RAI3) is a transmembrane G protein-coupled receptor that affects many essential biological processes including...
G protein-coupled receptors (GPRs) are a protein family of transmembrane receptors that transmit an extracellular signal (ligand binding) into an...
The protein encoded by the PDLIM5 (PDZ and LIM domain 5) gene is a LIM domain protein. LIM domains are cysteine rich double zinc fingers composed of 50-60...
Cyclooxygenases metabolize arachidonate to five primary prostanoids: PGE2, PGF2(alpha), PGI2, TXA2 and PGD2. These lipid mediators interact with specific...
Tight junctions are complexes of proteins that create intercellular boundaries between the plasma membrane domains of epithelial and endothelial cells. Many...
The ubiquitously expressed sodium/potassium-ATPase (Na+/K+-ATPase) exists as a oligomeric plasma membrane complex that couples the hydrolysis of one molecule...
Cortactin is an 80/85 kDa cytoskeleton protein that facilitates assembly of cortical actin. Cortactin is widely expressed in most adherent cells and is a...
Fyn is a membrane-associated, non-receptor protein tyrosine kinase approximately 59kDa, which belongs to the Src family of cytoplasmic tyrosine kinases. Fyn...
Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) is composed of p85 and p110 subunits. p85 lacks PI 3-kinase activity and acts as an adapter, coupling p110 to...
Paxillin is a focal adhesion phosphoprotein that is localized to the cytoskeleton. FAK phosphorylates paxillin specifically on Tyr 118 in vitro. However, FAK...
Cytoskeletal intermediate filaments (IFs) constitute a diverse group of proteins that are expressed in a highly tissue-specific manner. Intermediate...
The opioid receptors are G-protein coupled, seven-transmembrane domain receptors for enkephalins, endorphins, and dynorphins. Three different opioid receptor...
MRP1 is an integral membrane protein that contains an MDR-like core, an N-terminal membrane-bound region and a cytoplasmic linker, and it is expressed in...
Endothelin receptor A (ETAR), also known as EDNRA, ET1 receptor, ETA, EDN1 and ET-AR, is a member of the guanine-binding regulatory protein-coupled receptor...
G protein-coupled receptors (GPRs), also known as seven transmembrane receptors, heptahelical receptors or 7TM receptors, comprise a superfamily of proteins...
The frizzled gene, originally identified in Drosophila melanogaster, is involved in the development of tissue polarity. The frizzled proteins contain seven...
Prostaglandin E2 binds to four G protein-coupled E-prostanoid receptors, designated EP1, EP2, EP3 and EP4. The expression and function of the prostaglandin...