USP42 (ubiquitin specific peptidase 42) is a 1,325 amino acid protein that belongs to the peptidase C19 family. Expressed in a variety of tissues, USP42...
Spectrin is an actin binding protein that is a major component of the cytoskeletal superstructure of the erythrocyte plasma membrane. Spectrins function as...
The ubiquitously expressed sodium/potassium-ATPase exists as a oligomeric plasma membrane complex that couples the hydrolysis of one molecule of ATP to the...
Na+/H+ exchangers (NHE) of mammalian cells are plasma membrane intrinsic proteins mediating exchange of N+ and H+ ions in various tissues. The NHE catalyzes...
STAC2 (SH3 and cysteine-rich domain-containing protein 2), also known as 24b2/STAC2, is a 411 amino acid protein that contains one SH3 domain and one...
The phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of proteins on serine and threonine residues is an essential means of regulating a broad range of cellular...
A group of proteins that are intimately involved in this process are the serine/ threonine (Ser/Thr) protein kinases. PRKY (protein kinase, Y-linked) and...
GTPase-activating proteins (GAPs) accelerate the intrinsic rate of GTP hydrolysis of Ras-related proteins, resulting in down regulation of their active form....
Rab 40B is a 278 amino acid protein that belongs to the small GTPase superfamily and the Rab family. Rab 40B contains a SOCS box domain that mediates...
Protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) is a serine-threonine protein phosphatase that plays a central role in mediating the effects of insulin on glucose and lipid...
The N-Myc downstream regulated gene (NDRG) family is comprised of four members, namely NDRG1, NDRG2, NDRG3 and NDRG4, all of which share 57-65% homology....
Mammalian protein farnesyl transferases are heterodimeric proteins containing two nonidentical alpha and beta subunits that attach farnesyl residues to a...
DEAD box proteins, characterized by the conserved motif Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp, are putative RNA helicases implicated in several cellular processes involving...
Cdc40, also known as pre-mRNA-processing factor 17 (PRPF17) or EH-binding protein 3 (EHB3), is a 579 amino acid nuclear protein. Cdc40 is essential for the...
Hyperpolarization-activated, cyclic nucleotide-binding channels (HCN) are voltage-gated cation channels that are activated by direct binding of intracellular...
Voltage-gated K+ channels in the plasma membrane control the repolarization and the frequency of action potentials in neurons, muscles and other excitable...
K+ channels are divided into three subclasses, reflecting the number of transmembrane segments (TMS), which are designated 6TMS, 4TMS and 2TMS. Members of...
Plakophilins 1, 2, 3 and 4 (PKP1-4) influence development and participate in linking cadherins to cytoskeletal intermediate filaments. Plakophilins 1-4...
PXMP4(Pmp24) belongs to the peroxisomal membrane protein PXMP2/4 family. Hypermethylation-mediated silencing of PXMP4 may be involved in prostate...
Zinc-finger proteins contain DNA-binding domains and have a wide variety of functions, most of which encompass some form of transcriptional activation or...