Capillaries were isolated from epididymal fat, and a catecholamine-sensitive adenylate cyclase found in these capillaries was characterized. The effect of various hormones on the accumulation of adenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate in capillary endothelial cells was determined and the cyclase was found to exhibit mixed alpha and beta characteristics. Cyclase was cytochemically localized in thes...

YHS-domains are small protein modules which have been proposed to bind transition-metal ions like the related TRASH-domains. They are found in a variety of enzymes including copper-transporting ATPases and adenylyl cyclases. Here we investigate a class IIIc adenylyl cyclase from Mycobacterium phlei which contains a C-terminal YHS-domain linked to the catalytic domain by a peptide of 8 amino aci...

and a cytoplasmic carboxy terminus of ~35 kDa (C2) (FIGURE 1B). The catalytic domain of adenylyl cyclases is hypothesized to be bipartite and split between C1 and C2 regions. The predicted size of mammalian adenylyl cyclases ranges from 110 to 130 kDa, but these proteins generally have an apparent molecular weight on SDS gels of ~200 kDa due to glycosylation in the extracellular loops of M1 and...

OBJECTIVE We have recently shown that pretreatment of A10 vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) with angiotensin II (Ang II) for 24 h enhanced the expression of Gialpha-proteins, however, Gialpha-mediated adenylyl cyclase signaling was attenuated. Since regulators of G-protein signaling (RGS) have been shown to negatively regulate the Galpha-protein, we investigated the role of RGS2, in Ang II-in...

Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha is a potent inflammatory cytokine implicated in the exacerbation of asthma. Chronic exposure to TNF-alpha has been reported to induce G protein-coupled receptor desensitization, but adenylyl cyclase sensitization, in airway smooth muscle cells by an unknown mechanism. Cyclic AMP, which is synthesized by adenylyl cyclases in response to G protein-coupled recepto...

Rv1900c, a Mycobacterium tuberculosis adenylyl cyclase, is composed of an N-terminal alpha/beta-hydrolase domain and a C-terminal cyclase homology domain. It has an unusual 7% guanylyl cyclase side-activity. A canonical substrate-defining lysine and a catalytic asparagine indispensable for mammalian adenylyl cyclase activity correspond to N342 and H402 in Rv1900c. Mutagenic analysis indicates t...

The family of eukaryotic adenylyl cyclases consists of a very large group of 12 transmembrane adenylyl cyclases and a very small group of soluble adenylyl cyclase (sAC). Orthologs of human sAC are present in rat Dictyostelium and bacteria but absent from the completely sequenced genomes of Drosophila melanogaster, Caenorhabditis elegans, Arabidopsis thaliana, and Saccharomyces cereviciae. sAC c...