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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5355
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-3-13
pubmed:abstractText
The nocturnal increase in circulating melatonin in vertebrates is regulated by 10- to 100-fold increases in pineal serotonin N-acetyltransferase (AA-NAT) activity. Changes in the amount of AA-NAT protein were shown to parallel changes in AA-NAT activity. When neural stimulation was switched off by either light exposure or L-propranolol-induced beta-adrenergic blockade, both AA-NAT activity and protein decreased rapidly. Effects of L-propranolol were blocked in vitro by dibutyryl adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP) or inhibitors of proteasomal proteolysis. This result indicates that adrenergic-cAMP regulation of AA-NAT is mediated by rapid reversible control of selective proteasomal proteolysis. Similar proteasome-based mechanisms may function widely as selective molecular switches in vertebrate neural systems.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adrenergic beta-Agonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adrenergic beta-Antagonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bucladesine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyclic AMP, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cysteine Endopeptidases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Isoproterenol, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Melatonin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Multienzyme Complexes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Propranolol, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Adrenergic, beta
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0036-8075
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
27
pubmed:volume
279
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1358-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-3-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Melatonin production: proteasomal proteolysis in serotonin N-acetyltransferase regulation.
pubmed:affiliation
Section on Neuroendocrinology, Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-4480, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.