Evidence map›Paper›PMID 17173929›Full record

ReviewJournal of molecular biology2007

How regulators of G protein signaling achieve selective regulation.

Guo-Xi Xie, Pamela Pierce Palmer

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Review in Journal of molecular biology, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers.

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59citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

59 citing papers in PubMed, 111 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. GαThe FEBS journal · 2025
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  4. G protein regulation by RGS proteins in the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2025
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  5. Selective optogenetic inhibition of GαProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  11. Metabolic acidosis regulates RGS16 and G protein signaling in osteoblasts.American journal of physiology. Renal physiology · 2021
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  13. Effect of the regulator of G-protein signaling 2 on the proliferation and invasion of oral squamous cell carcinoma cells and its molecular mechanism.Hua xi kou qiang yi xue za zhi = Huaxi kouqiang yixue zazhi = West China journal of stomatology · 2021
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  15. Apoptosis Triggered by ORF3 Proteins of theFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2020
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  20. Normal Thymocyte Egress, T Cell Trafficking, and CD4Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Guo-Xi XieDepartment of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Pamela Pierce Palmer
University of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Transcription regulation &interaction of ORL1 and GAIPR01NS042593 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI PALMER, PAMELA P. · 2004 to 2007
$962k
NINDS NIH HHS NS042593NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS042593NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS042593-01A2NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS042593-02NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS042593-03
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The regulators of G protein signaling (RGS) are a family of cellular proteins that play an essential regulatory role in G protein-mediated signal transduction. There are multiple RGS subfamilies consisting of over 20 different RGS proteins. They are basically the guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase)-accelerating proteins that specifically interact with G protein alpha subunits. RGS proteins display remarkable selectivity and specificity in their regulation of receptors, ion channels, and other G protein-mediated physiological events. The molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying such selectivity are complex and cooperate at many different levels. Recent research data have provided strong evidence that the spatiotemporal-specific expression of RGS proteins and their target components, as well as the specific protein-protein recognition and interaction through their characteristic structural domains and functional motifs, are determinants for RGS selectivity and specificity. Other molecular mechanisms, such as alternative splicing and scaffold proteins, also significantly contribute to RGS selectivity. To pursue a thorough understanding of the mechanisms of RGS selective regulation will be of great significance for the advancement of our knowledge of molecular and cellular signal transduction.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationAnimalsGTP-Binding ProteinsHumansIon Channel GatingReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledRGS ProteinsSignal TransductionGTP-Binding ProteinsReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledRGS Proteins

Identifiers

PMID17173929
PMCPMC1805491
OpenAlexW2026097048

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