title: GCAPs: Ca2+-sensitive regulators of retGC.
abstract: Lowered concentration of Ca2+ ions, resulting from illumination of the photoreceptor cell, is the signal for resynthesis of cGMP by retina-specific guanylyl cyclase (retGC). This Ca2+-dependent activation of retGC is mediated by Ca2+-binding proteins named GCAPs (guanylyl cyclase-activating proteins) and contributes to the recovery of photoreceptor cell to the dark state. Three different GCAPs (GCAP1, GCAP2 and GCAP3) are identified in vertebrate retina to date. In this chapter we describe their discovery, methods of purification, properties, and possible modes of action.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Signaling Proteins, L. Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland. gorczyca@immuno.iitd.pan.wroc.pl
authors.forename: Wojciech A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Gorczyca
authors.forename: Izabela
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sokal
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase / Q000378:metabolism*; D051604:Guanylate Cyclase-Activating Proteins; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D012160:Retina / Q000201:enzymology; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; C496736:GUCA1A protein, human; C496739:GUCA1B protein, human; C496742:GUCA1C protein, human; D051604:Guanylate Cyclase-Activating Proteins; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; C110715:guanylate cyclase 1; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase; D002118:Calcium