Encyclopedia of Signaling Molecules

2018 Edition
| Editors: Sangdun Choi

Activators of G-Protein Signaling (AGS)

  • Joe B. BlumerEmail author
  • Stephen M. Lanier
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67199-4_455
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Synonyms

 DYNLT1/Tctex-1 (AGS2);  FNDC1/fibronectin type III domain containing 1 (AGS8);  GNAO /Gαo/guanine nucleotide binding protein/alpha activating activity polypeptide O (AGS10);  GPSM1/G-protein signaling modulator 1 (AGS3);  GPSM3/G-protein signaling modulator 3/G18/NG1 (AGS4);  GPSM2/G-protein signaling modulator 2/LGN/mPINS (AGS5);  MITF/microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (AGS13);  PSMD4/Rpn10/proteasome (prosome, macropain) 26S subunit, non-ATPase, 4 (AGS9);  RAS D1/DEXRAS1 (AGS1);  RGS 12/regulator of G-protein signaling 12 (AGS6);  TFE3/transcription factor binding to IGHM enhancer 3 (AGS11);  TFEB/transcription factor EB (AGS12);  TRIP13/16E1BP/thyroid hormone receptor interactor 13 (AGS7)

Historical Background

Activators of G-protein signaling (AGS) proteins define a group of proteins identified in a yeast-based functional screen of mammalian cDNA libraries as receptor-independent activators of the G-protein signaling cascade. Activators of G-protein signaling...
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental TherapeuticsMedical University of South CarolinaCharlestonUSA
  2. 2.Department of NeurosciencesMedical University of South CarolinaCharlestonUSA