title: Tailoring cAMP-signalling responses through isoform multiplicity.
abstract: Multiple forms of cAMP phosphodiesterases (PDE), adenylate cyclase and protein kinase A (PKA) allow cells to tailor the responsiveness of the cAMP-signalling system and to allow for its dynamic adjustment. Multiple forms of these enzymes confer spatial and temporal characteristics on cAMP signalling so as to affect compartmentalised responses within a single cell type. The ability to breach the PKA activation threshold can depend upon either or both the activation of adenylate cyclase and inhibition of specific PDE isoforms.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. m.houslay@bio.gla.ac.uk
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Houslay
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Milligan
mesh_terms: D015105:3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000378:metabolism; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D008958:Models, Molecular; D010766:Phosphorylation; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D015105:3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases; D006152:Cyclic GMP; D002118:Calcium