Altruism

Altruistic acts serve to benefit the individual’s close relatives, or kin. They enhance the fitness of other individuals—their offspring—at a cost to themselves.

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GRK–β-arrestin pathway, suppress signaling by GPCRs, actually functions as a switch, turning off signaling by G proteins and turning on other signaling pathways.

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Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors coupled to a Gαi protein & found in cardiac muscles. 

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Binding of acetylcholine triggers the opening of an associated K+ channel  in the plasma membrane via the Gβγ subunit of a Gi protein

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The increase in K+ permeability hyperpolarizes the membrane, which reduces the frequency of heart muscle contraction.

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Cholera toxin, secreted by Vibrio cholerae in the intestine of an infected person, is a heterodimeric protein (AB).