Table 1.

Functional families present in MASC

Family	n MASC a	% MASC b
Channels and receptors	12	6.4
Cell adhesion and cytoskeletal	35	18.8
G-proteins and modulators	19	10.2
Kinases	22	11.8
MAGUKs/adaptors/scaffolders	20	10.8
Protein phosphatases	8	4.3
Signalling molecules and enzymes	39	21.0
Synaptic vesicles/protein transport	23	12.4
Transcription and translation	5	2.7
Uncharacterised/novel	3	1.6

^aNumber of MASC proteins assigned to family.

^bPercentage of MASC proteins assigned to family.