title: Mono-ADP-ribosylation of Gs by an eukaryotic arginine-specific ADP-ribosyltransferase stimulates the adenylate cyclase system.
abstract: An arginine-specific ADP-ribosyltransferase, named ADP-ribosyltransferase A, was partially purified from human platelets using polyarginine as an ADP-ribose acceptor. When human platelet membranes were incubated with the transferase A in the presence of NAD+, Gs, a stimulatory guanine nucleotide-binding protein of the adenylate cyclase was specifically mono-ADP-ribosylated. ADP-ribose transfer to Gs by this enzyme was suppressed when membranes were pre-ADP-ribosylated by cholera toxin. Incubation of membranes with the transferase A resulted in activation of the adenylate cyclase system. This stimulatory effect of the transferase A on the adenylate cyclase system was inhibited by the presence of polyarginine. These results indicate a role of ADP-ribosyltransferase A in regulation of the adenylate cyclase system via endogenous mono-ADP-ribosylation of Gs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Faculty of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inageda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishina
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanuma
mesh_terms: D036002:ADP Ribose Transferases; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000097:blood*; D001120:Arginine; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000201:enzymology*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000201:enzymology; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000097:blood* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000097:blood* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007700:Kinetics; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D009243:NAD / Q000378:metabolism*; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases / Q000097:blood* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D009243:NAD; D001120:Arginine; D036002:ADP Ribose Transferases; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases