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MsGC-II, a receptor guanylyl cyclase isolated from the CNS of Manduca sexta that is inhibited by calcium.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  12558998     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We describe the cloning of a receptor guanylyl cyclase, MsGC-II, from the CNS of the insect Manduca sexta. Sequence comparisons with other receptor guanylyl cyclases show that MsGC-II is most similar to a predicted guanylyl cyclase in the Drosophila genome and to vertebrate retinal guanylyl cyclases. When expressed in COS-7 cells, MsGC-II exhibited a low level of basal activity that was nearly abolished in the presence of 10 micro m calcium. Incubation with either a mammalian guanylyl cyclase-activating protein or Drosophila frequenin resulted in only mild stimulation of activity, whereas incubation of COS-7 cells expressing MsGC-II with a variety of Manduca tissue extracts failed to stimulate enzyme activity above basal levels. Analysis of the tissue distribution of MsGC-II revealed that it is nervous system specific. In the adult, MsGC-II is present in neurons in the optic lobes, antennal lobes and cellular cortex, but it is most highly expressed in subsets of intrinsic mushroom body neurons. Thus, MsGC-II appears to be a neural-specific receptor guanylyl cyclase whose activity may be regulated either directly or indirectly by calcium.
Authors:
David B Morton; Alan Nighorn
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of neurochemistry     Volume:  84     ISSN:  0022-3042     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Neurochem.     Publication Date:  2003 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2003-01-31     Completed Date:  2003-02-13     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  2985190R     Medline TA:  J Neurochem     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  363-72     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Structure and Function, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland 97201, USA. mortonda@ohsu.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
COS Cells
Calcium / metabolism,  pharmacology*
Central Nervous System / chemistry,  enzymology*
Cloning, Molecular
Drosophila
Guanylate Cyclase / antagonists & inhibitors*,  genetics,  isolation & purification
Manduca / enzymology*
Molecular Sequence Data
Mushroom Bodies / cytology,  metabolism
Neurons / metabolism
Organ Specificity
Receptors, Cell Surface / antagonists & inhibitors,  genetics,  isolation & purification
Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
Transfection
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
DC04292/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS; NS29740/NS/NINDS NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Receptors, Cell Surface; 7440-70-2/Calcium; EC 4.6.1.2/Guanylate Cyclase

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