title: Sequence of a human brain adenylyl cyclase partial cDNA: evidence for a consensus cyclase specific domain.
abstract: A cDNA coding for a human brain adenylyl cyclase was isolated and sequenced. The deduced partial 675 amino-acid sequence was compared with those of other known adenylyl and guanylyl cyclases. Comparison of this predicted amino-acid sequence with that of bovine brain (type I) and rat olfactory (type III) adenylyl cyclase indicated a significant homology with the carboxyl-terminal halves of both enzymes. The homology between the human adenylyl cyclase and the other two mammalian adenylyl cyclase also appears at the topographic level. Indeed, the human enzyme includes a extremely hydrophobic region containing six potential membrane-spanning segments followed by a large hydrophilic domain. At the beginning of the hydrophilic domain, there is a 250 amino-acid region which shows not only a striking homology with the bovine and rat adenylyl cyclase (86% of similarity and 57% of identity), but also a significant homology with non-mammalian adenylyl cyclase and guanylyl cyclases. We found that this 250 amino-acid domain contains a sequence of about 165 amino-acids which is highly conserved in most of the known nucleotide cyclases suggesting that it includes residues that are critical for the function of the enzymes.
authors.affiliation: Unité 99 INSERM, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Parma
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stengel
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Gannage
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Poyard
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Barouki
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hanoune
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology*; D002417:Cattle; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000201:enzymology*; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015723:Gene Library; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009928:Organ Specificity; D011061:Poly A / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D051381:Rats; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012984:Software; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011061:Poly A; D012313:RNA; D004247:DNA; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases