Journal
EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH
Volume 388, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2020.111853
Keywords
Microprotein; Micropeptide; sORF; Membrane protein
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- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH Pathway to Independence Award [R00 HL141630]
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Proteins are critical components of biological membranes and play key roles in many essential cellular processes. Membrane proteins are a structurally and functionally diverse family of proteins that have recently expanded to include a number of newly discovered tiny proteins called microproteins, or micropeptides. These microproteins are generated from small open reading frames, which produce protein products that are less than 100 amino acids in length. While not all microproteins are membrane proteins, this review will focus specifically on this subclass to highlight some of the important biological activities that have been ascribed to these molecules and to emphasize their promise as exciting new players in membrane biology.
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