Fibroblast activation protein alpha (FAP-alpha) also known as prolyl endopeptidase FAP is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the FAP gene. Prolyl endopeptidase...
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GTPase-activating proteins or GTPase-accelerating proteins (GAPs) are a family of regulatory proteins whose members can bind to activated G proteins and...
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Fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF-23) is a protein and member of the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) family which participates in the regulation of phosphate...
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Alpha-synuclein (aSyn) is a protein that, in humans, is encoded by the SNCA gene. Alpha-synuclein is a neuronal protein that regulates synaptic vesicle...
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α2-Macroglobulin (α2M) or alpha-2-macroglobulin is a large (720 KDa) plasma protein found in the blood. It is mainly produced by the liver, and also locally...
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Fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF-2), also known as basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) and FGF-β, is a growth factor and signaling protein encoded by...
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heat shock protein. A conserved protein binding domain of approximately 80 amino-acid alpha crystallins are known as small heat shock proteins (sHSP). It...
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Actin (redirect from Microfilament protein)
times of rest, the proteins tropomyosin and troponin bind to the actin filaments, preventing the attachment of myosin. When an activation signal (i.e. an...
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Mast cell (redirect from Mast cell activation disorders)
targets multiple proteins and causes their activation. This antigen stimulated phosphorylation causes the activation of other proteins in the FcεR1-mediated...
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Tumor necrosis factor (redirect from TNF-alpha)
endothelial cells, fibroblasts, and subsets of neurons and immune cells. TNFR2 is only fully activated by mTNF, while activation by sTNF is partially...
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