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MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 78, Issue 1, Pages 12-18Publisher
AMER SOC PHARMACOLOGY EXPERIMENTAL THERAPEUTICS
DOI: 10.1124/mol.110.063453
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- National Institutes of Health National Institute of General Medical Sciences [GM066182]
- National Institutes of Health National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Extramural Activities [AI033503]
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Heterotrimeric G proteins, consisting of the guanine nucleotide-binding G alpha subunits with GTPase activity and the closely associated G beta and G gamma subunits, are important signaling components for receptors with seven transmembrane domains (7TMRs). These receptors, also termed G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), act as guanine nucleotide exchange factors upon agonist stimulation. There is now accumulating evidence for noncanonical functions of heterotrimeric G proteins independent of 7TMR coupling. G alpha proteins belonging to all 4 subfamilies, including G(s), G(i), G(q), and G(12) are found to play important roles in receptor tyrosine kinase signaling, regulation of oxidant production, development, and cell migration, through physical and functional interaction with proteins other than 7TMRs. Association of G alpha with non-7TMR proteins also facilitates presentation of these G proteins to specific cellular microdomains. This Minireview aims to summarize our current understanding of the noncanonical roles of G alpha proteins in cell signaling and to discuss unresolved issues including regulation of G alpha activation by proteins other than the 7TMRs.
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