GNA15

{{Short description|Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens}} {{Infobox_gene}} '''Guanine nucleotide-binding protein subunit alpha-15''' is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''GNA15'' gene.<ref name="pmid1302014">{{cite journal |vauthors=Wilkie TM, Gilbert DJ, Olsen AS, Chen XN, Amatruda TT, Korenberg JR, Trask BJ, de Jong P, Reed RR, Simon MI | title = Evolution of the mammalian G protein alpha subunit multigene family | journal = Nat Genet | volume = 1 | issue = 2 | pages = 85–91 |date=Jun 1993 | pmid = 1302014 | doi = 10.1038/ng0592-85 | s2cid = 31888533 |display-authors=etal| url = https://zenodo.org/record/1233383 }}</ref><ref name="entrez">{{cite web | title = Entrez Gene: GNA15 G protein subunit alpha 15 [ Homo sapiens (human) ] | url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=2769| access-date =2019-07-25 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.omim.org/entry/139314 GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE-BINDING PROTEIN, ALPHA-15; GNA15] at OMIM. Retrieved JULY 25, 2019.</ref> G₁₅α is a member of the Gq alpha subunit family, and functions as a constituent of a heterotrimeric G protein in cell signal transduction. It was also previously known as G₁₆α.<ref name="pmid1302014"/>

==See also== * Gq alpha subunit * Heterotrimeric G protein

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