Goα

noun

a type of GTP-binding protein subunit belonging to the Giα family, expressed primarily in neural cell types

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nounGoα (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiochemistrya type of GTP-binding protein subunit belonging to the Giα family, expressed primarily in neural cell types
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    1999. Yu, Bo. "An engineered mutant of G protein α subunit that binds xanthine nucleotide and not guanine nucleotide", Ph.D. thesis, California Institute of Technology. The Giα family name implies that some of its members can inhibit adenylyl cyclase upon activation, and includes three Giα isoforms, Goα (a predominately neural α subunit, two different splicing variants), […]

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