Guanine nucleotide-binding protein subunit alpha-11 is a

protein Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues. Proteins perform a vast array of functions within organisms, including catalysing metabolic reactions, DNA replication, respo ...

that in humans is encoded by the ''GNA11''

gene In biology, the word gene (from , ; "...Wilhelm Johannsen coined the word gene to describe the Mendelian units of heredity..." meaning ''generation'' or ''birth'' or ''gender'') can have several different meanings. The Mendelian gene is a ba ...

. Together with

GNAQ Guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(q) subunit alpha is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''GNAQ'' gene. Together with GNA11 (its paralogue), it functions as a Gq alpha subunit. Function Guanine nucleotide-binding proteins are a fami ...

(its

paralogue Sequence homology is the biological homology between DNA, RNA, or protein sequences, defined in terms of shared ancestry in the evolutionary history of life. Two segments of DNA can have shared ancestry because of three phenomena: either a s ...

), it functions as a

Gq alpha subunit Gq protein alpha subunit is a family of heterotrimeric G protein alpha subunits. This family is also commonly called the Gq/11 (Gq/G11) family or Gq/11/14/15 family to include closely related family members. G alpha subunits may be referred ...

.139313 GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE-BINDING PROTEIN, ALPHA-11; GNA11
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OMIM Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) is a continuously updated catalog of human genes and genetic disorders and traits, with a particular focus on the gene-phenotype relationship. , approximately 9,000 of the over 25,000 entries in OMIM r ...

. Retrieved January 1, 2015.

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