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G protein
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G protein
a regulatory protein which becomes activated when bound to GTP and is involved in signal transduction.

G protein coupled receptor
a member of a large class of cell-surface signaling receptors that contain seven transmembrane a helices; ligand binding results in activation of a coupled trimeric G protein that then initiates intracellular signal transduction pathways.


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