title: 1,N6-Etheno-2-aza-adenosine 3', 5'-cyclic phosphate: human erythrocyte membrane binding and activation of membrane protein kinase.
abstract: The relative efficiency of 1,N6-etheno-2aza-adenosine 3', 5'-monophosphate (cyclic 2-aza-epsilon AMP), 1,N6-etenoadenosine 3', 5'-monophosphate (cyclic epsilon AMP) and cyclic AMP in activation of membrane protein kinase and binding to membrane was examined using isolated membranes from human erythrocytes. Cyclic 2-aza-epsilon AMP was 81% as active as cyclic AMP in erythrocyte membrane binding and activation of membrane protein kinase. On the other hand, cyclic epsilon AMP was 37% as active toward membrane protein kinase and 29% toward membrane cyclic AMP binding. Since we have previously shown that the fluorescence of cyclic 2-aza-epsilon AMP is highly sensitive to the polarity of solvents, the high efficiency of cyclic 2-aza-epsilon AMP to substitute for cyclic amp suggests that it may be a suitable microenvironmental fluorescent probe for cyclic AMP binding sites.
mesh_terms: D001372:Aza Compounds / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D001665:Binding Sites; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D001372:Aza Compounds; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D011494:Protein Kinases