title: Isolation and characterization of human cDNAs encoding a cGMP-stimulated 3',5'-cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase.
abstract: Human cyclic GMP-stimulated 3',5'-cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase (PDE2A3) cDNAs were cloned from hippocampus and fetal brain cDNA libraries. A 4.2-kb composite DNA sequence constructed from overlapping cDNA clones encodes a 941 amino acid protein with a predicted molecular mass of 105,715 Da. Extracts prepared from yeast expressing the human PDE2A3 hydrolyzed both cyclic AMP (cAMP) and cyclic GMP (cGMP). This activity was inhibited by EHNA, a selective PDE2 inhibitor, and was stimulated three-fold by cGMP. Human PDE2A is expressed in brain and to a lesser extent in heart, placenta, lung, skeletal muscle, kidney and pancreas. The human PDE2A3 differs from the bovine PDE2A1 and rat PDE2A2 proteins at the amino terminus but its amino-terminal sequence is identical to the bovine PDE2A3 sequence. The different amino termini probably arise from alternative exon splicing of the PDE2A mRNA.
authors.affiliation: ICOS Corporation, Bothell, WA 98201, USA.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Rosman
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Sonnenburg
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Beavo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ferguson
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Loughney
mesh_terms: D015106:3',5'-Cyclic-GMP Phosphodiesterases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002417:Cattle; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D015106:3',5'-Cyclic-GMP Phosphodiesterases; D006152:Cyclic GMP