This is a list of gene families or gene complexes, i.e. sets of genes which are related ancestrally and often serve similar biological functions. These gene families typically encode functionally related proteins, and sometimes the term gene families is a shorthand for the sets of proteins that the genes encode. They may or may not be physically adjacent on the same chromosome.
Regulatory protein gene families 14-3-3 protein family Achaete-scute complex (neuroblast formation) Cyclins Cyclin dependent kinases CDK inhibitors FOX proteins (forkhead box proteins) Families containing homeobox domains DLX gene family Hox gene family POU family GATA transcription factor General transcription factor Krüppel-type zinc finger (ZNF) MADS-box gene family NF-kB NOTCH2NL Nuclear receptor P300-CBP coactivator family Transcription factors SOX gene family
Immune system proteins Immunoglobulin superfamily Killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors Leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptors Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) NOD-like receptors Pattern recognition receptor Toll-like receptors RIG-I like receptors
Motor proteins Dynein Kinesin Myosin
Signal transducing proteins Arf family G-proteins Janus kinases MAP Kinase Non-receptor tyrosine kinase Olfactory receptor Peroxiredoxin Rab family Rap family Ras family Receptor tyrosine kinases Rho family Serine/threonine-specific protein kinase SRC kinase family
Transporters ABC transporters Antiporter Aquaporins Globin Major facilitator superfamily Neurotransmitter transporter GABA transporter Glutamate transporter Glycine transporter Monoamine transporter Equilibrative nucleoside transporter family Papain-like protease Solute carrier family
Other families
See also Protein family Housekeeping gene