GTP Binding Protein 8 (GTPBP8)

GTPBP8 belongs to the engB family. guanine nucleotide-binding proteins are a family of proteins involved in transmitting chemical signals outside the cell, and causing changes inside the cell. They communicate signals from many hormones, neurotransmitters, and other signaling factors. G protein-coupled receptors are transmembrane receptors. Signal molecules bind to a domain located outside the cell. An intracellular domain activates a G protein. The G protein activates a cascade of further compounds, and finally causes a change downstream in the cell.G proteins regulate metabolic enzymes, ion channels, transporters, and other parts of the cell machinery, controlling transcription, motility, contractility, and secretion, which in turn regulate systemic functions such as embryonic development, learning and memory, and homeostasis.