G-protein signaling: Fine-tuning signaling kinetics

被引:69
作者
Zerangue, N [1 ]
Jan, LY
机构
[1] Univ Calif San Francisco, Howard Hughes Med Inst, Dept Physiol, Program Neurosci, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA
[2] Univ Calif San Francisco, Howard Hughes Med Inst, Dept Biochem, Program Neurosci, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA
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D O I
10.1016/S0960-9822(98)70196-4
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Mammalian 'regulators of G protein signaling' (RGS proteins) help shut off G-protein-mediated signaling by GTPase activation, But new evidence shows that RGS proteins can also speed up the activation of signaling. The combined effect is a change in signaling kinetics without a decrease in signaling intensity. (C) Current Biology Ltd ISSN 0960-9822.
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页码:R313 / R316
页数:4
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