G protein

G-proteins, short for guanine nucleotide binding proteins, are a family of proteins involved in second messenger cascades. They are so-called because of their signaling mechanism, which uses the exchange of

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Protein - Second messenger

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Guanosine diphosphate (GDP) for Guanosine triphosphate (GTP) as a molecular "switch" to allow or inhibit biochemical reactions inside the cell. Alfred Gilman and Martin Rodbell were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1994 for their discovery and research on G-proteins.

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Guanosine diphosphate - Guanosine triphosphate - Biochemical - Cell - Alfred Gilman - Martin Rodbell - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1994

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