Identification and characterization of two unusual cGMP-stimulated phoshodiesterases in dictyostelium.
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Recently, we recognized two genes, gbpA and gbpB, encoding putative cGMP-binding proteins with a Zn(2+)-hydrolase domain and two cyclic nucleotide binding domains. The Zn(2+)-hydrolase domains belong to the superfamily of beta-lactamases, also harboring a small family of class II phosphodiesterases from bacteria and lower eukaryotes. Gene inactivation and overexpression studies demonstrate that gbpA encodes the cGMP-stimulated cGMP-phosphodiesterase that was characterized biochemically previously and was shown to be involved in chemotaxis. cAMP neither activates nor is a substrate of GbpA. The gbpB gene is expressed mainly in the multicellular stage and seems to encode a dual specificity phosphodiesterase with preference for cAMP. The enzyme hydrolyses cAMP approximately 9-fold faster than cGMP and is activated by cAMP and cGMP with a K(A) value of approximately 0.7 and 2.3 microM, respectively. Cells with a deletion of the gbpB gene have increased basal and receptor stimulated cAMP levels and are sporogeneous. We propose that GbpA and GbpB hydrolyze the substrate in the Zn(2+)-hydrolase domain, whereas the cyclic nucleotide binding domains mediate activation. The human cGMP-stimulated cAMP/cGMP phosphodiesterase has similar biochemical properties, but a completely different topology: hydrolysis takes place by a class I catalytic domain and GAF domains mediate cGMP activation.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Molecular biology of the cell
دوره 13 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002