List of articles in "Biomolecule" category - Page 1744

Monellin a sweet protein was discovered in 1969 in the fruit of the West African shrub known as serendipity berry (Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii); it was first reported as a carbohydrate. The […]

Isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) (EC 1.1.1.42) and (EC 1.1.1.41) is an enzyme that catalyzes the oxidative decarboxylation of isocitrate producing alpha-ketoglutarate (α-ketoglutarate) and CO2. This is a two-step process which involves […]

Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CFTR gene.CFTR is an ABC transporter-class ion channel that transports chloride and thiocyanate ions […]

Calcium Release-Activated Channels (CRAC) are specialized plasma membrane Ca2+ ion channels. When calcium ions (Ca2+) are depleted from the endoplasmic reticulum (a major store of Ca2+) of mammalian cells the […]

Epidermal growth factor or EGF is a growth factor that stimulates cell growth proliferation and differentiation by binding to its receptor EGFR. Human EGF is a 6045-Da protein with 53 […]

In molecular biology Pertactin (PRN) is a highly immunogenic virulence factor of Bordetella pertussis a bacterium that causes pertussis. Specifically it is an outer membrane protein that promotes adhesion to […]

Inositol trisphosphate receptor (InsP3R) is a membrane glycoprotein complex acting as a Ca2+ channel activated by inositol trisphosphate (InsP3). InsP3R is very diverse among organisms and is necessary for the […]

Oct-4 (octamer-binding transcription factor 4) also known as POU5F1 (POU domain class 5 transcription factor 1) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the POU5F1 gene. Oct-4 is […]

Cadherins (named for calcium-dependent adhesion) are a class of type-1 transmembrane proteins. They play important roles in cell adhesion forming adherens junctions to bind cells within tissues together. They are […]

Factor VII (EC 3.4.21.21 blood-coagulation factor VIIa activated blood coagulation factor VII formerly known as proconvertin) is one of the proteins that causes blood to clot in the coagulation cascade. […]