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Seven Dictyostelium discoideum phosphodiesterases degrade three pools of cAMP and cGMP

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dc.creator Kortholt, Arjan
dc.creator Van Haastert, Peter J. M.
dc.creator Bader, Sonya
dc.date 2007-02-01T01:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2023-01-09T12:08:37Z
dc.date.available 2023-01-09T12:08:37Z
dc.identifier d81c39b3-2986-4ffe-9385-c240914d9050
dc.identifier 10.1042/bj20061153
dc.identifier https://avesis.sdu.edu.tr/publication/details/d81c39b3-2986-4ffe-9385-c240914d9050/oai
dc.identifier.uri http://acikerisim.sdu.edu.tr/xmlui/handle/123456789/98429
dc.description The Diciyostefium discoideum genome uncovers seven cyclic nucleotide PDEs (phosphodiesterases), of which six have been characterized previously and the seventh is characterized in the present paper. Three enzymes belong to the ubiquitous class I PDEs, common in all eukaryotes, whereas four enzymes belong to the rare class II PDEs that are present in bacteria and lower eukaryotes. Since all D. discoideum PDEs are now characterized we have calculated the contribution of each enzyme in the degradation of the three important pools of cyclic nucleotides: (i) extracellular CAMP that induces chemotaxis during aggregation and differentiation in slugs; (ii) intracellular CAMP that mediates development; and (iii) intracellular cGMP that mediates chemotaxis. It appears that each cyclic nucleotide pool is degraded by a combination of enzymes that have different affinities, allowing a broad range of substrate concentrations to be degraded with first-order kinetics. Extracellular CAMP is degraded predominantly by the class II high-affinity enzyme DdPDE1 and its close homologue DdPDE7, and in the multicellular stage also by the low-affinity transmembrane class I enzyme DdPDE4. Intracellular CAMP is degraded by the DdPDE2, a class I enzyme regulated by histidine kinase/phospho-relay, and by the cAMP-/cGMP-stimulated class II DdPDE6. Finally, basal intracellular cGMP is degraded predominantly by the high-affinity class I DdPDE3, while the elevated cGMP levels that arise after receptor stimulation are degraded predominantly by a cGMP-stimulated cGMP-specific class II DdPDE5. The analysis shows that the combination of enzymes is tuned to keep the concentration and lifetime of the substrate within a functional range.
dc.language eng
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.title Seven Dictyostelium discoideum phosphodiesterases degrade three pools of cAMP and cGMP
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article


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