Evidence map›Paper›PMID 22649098›Full record

ReviewScience signaling2012

Signal activation and inactivation by the Gα helical domain: a long-neglected partner in G protein signaling.

Henrik G Dohlman, Janice C Jones

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Review in Science signaling, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Ligand-dependent G protein dynamics underlying opioid efficacy.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2026
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  2. Non-canonical GScientific reports · 2025
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  3. Ligand-dependent G protein dynamics underlying opioid signaling efficacy.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  10. Protein Regulation in Signal Transduction.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2016
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  16. Substrate specificity of Pasteurella multocida toxin for α subunits of heterotrimeric G proteins.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2013
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Henrik G DohlmanDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. hdohlman@med.unc.edu
Janice C Jones

Funding

G Protein Signaling at the endosomeR01GM080739 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI DOHLMAN, HENRIK G. · 2007 to 2014
$2.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM080739NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM080739
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide-binding proteins (G proteins) are positioned at the top of many signal transduction pathways. The G protein α subunit is composed of two domains, one that resembles Ras and another that is composed entirely of α helices. Historically most attention has focused on the Ras-like domain, but emerging evidence reveals that the helical domain is an active participant in G protein signaling.

Indexed as

AnimalsEnzyme ActivationGTP-Binding Protein alpha SubunitsHumansOncogene Protein p21(ras)Protein Structure, SecondaryProtein Structure, TertiarySignal TransductionGTP-Binding Protein alpha SubunitsOncogene Protein p21(ras)

Identifiers

PMID22649098
PMCPMC3557789

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