The fifth class of Gα proteins
Oka Y, Saraiva L, Kwan Y, Korsching S. The fifth class of Gα proteins. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2009, 106: 1484-1489. PMID: 19164534, PMCID: PMC2635825, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0809420106.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBirth-and-death mode of evolutionCharacteristics of GTP-binding proteinsGalpha proteinsVertebrate family membersAmino acid identityGTP-binding proteinsHeterotrimeric G proteinsN-terminal regionMode of evolutionAmino acid residuesG-boxGenomic structureAcid identityAnimal phylaConsensus sitesRT-PCR analysisGV proteinsJawless fishAcid residuesGA proteinsAnimal kingdomLarval tissuesAlpha subunitPartner moleculesFruit fly