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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-6-29
pubmed:abstractText
Phosphodiesterase 6 (PDE6) is highly concentrated in the retina. It is most abundant in the internal membranes of retinal photoreceptors, where it reduces cytoplasmic levels of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) in rod and cone outer segments in response to light. The rod PDE6 holoenzyme comprises alpha and beta catalytic subunits and two identical inhibitory gamma subunits. Each catalytic subunit contains three distinct globular domains corresponding to the catalytic domain and two GAF domains (responsible for allosteric cGMP binding). The PDE6 catalytic subunits resemble PDE5 in amino-acid sequence as well as in three-dimensional structure of the catalytic dimer; preference for cGMP over cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) as a substrate; and the ability to bind cGMP at the regulatory GAF domains. Most PDE5 inhibitors inhibit PDE6 with similar potency, and electroretinogram studies show modest effects of PDE5 inhibitors on visual function-an observation potentially important in designing PDE5-specific therapeutic agents.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0955-9930
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16 Suppl 1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
S28-33
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15224133-3',5'-Cyclic-GMP Phosphodiesterases, pubmed-meshheading:15224133-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15224133-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:15224133-Catalysis, pubmed-meshheading:15224133-Cyclic GMP, pubmed-meshheading:15224133-Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 5, pubmed-meshheading:15224133-Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 6, pubmed-meshheading:15224133-Dimerization, pubmed-meshheading:15224133-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15224133-Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:15224133-Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases, pubmed-meshheading:15224133-Photoreceptor Cells, pubmed-meshheading:15224133-Photoreceptor Cells, Vertebrate, pubmed-meshheading:15224133-Protein Processing, Post-Translational, pubmed-meshheading:15224133-Retina, pubmed-meshheading:15224133-Substrate Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:15224133-Vision, Ocular
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Characteristics of photoreceptor PDE (PDE6): similarities and differences to PDE5.
pubmed:affiliation
1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824-2617, USA. rick.cote@unh.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Review