Molecular cloning and expression of a new alpha-subunit of soluble guanylyl cyclase. Interchangeability of the alpha-subunits of the enzyme.
A cDNA coding for a new subunit of soluble guanylyl cyclase with a calculated molecular mass of 81.7 kDa was cloned and sequenced. On the basis of sequence homology, the new subunit appears to be an isoform of the alpha 1-subunit and was designated alpha 2 as the new subunit is very similar to the alpha 1-subunit in the middle and C-terminal part; it is quite diverse in the N-terminal part. Preceding experiments had shown that coexpression of the alpha 1- and beta 1-subunits is necessary to obtain a catalytically active guanylyl cyclase in COS cells [(1990) FEBS Lett. 272, 221-223]. The finding that the alpha 2-subunit was able to replace the alpha 1- but not the beta 1-subunit in expression experiments demonstrates the interchangeability of the alpha-subunit isoforms of soluble guanylyl cyclase.
Harteneck
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Institut für Pharmakologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
Wedel
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B
Koesling
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D
Malkewitz
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J
Böhme
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E
Schultz
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G
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009893:Opossums; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016415:Sequence Alignment
D004247:DNA; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase