PDE6A

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An Error has occurred retrieving Wikidata item for infobox Rod cGMP-specific 3',5'-cyclic phosphodiesterase subunit alpha is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PDE6A gene.[1][2][3] PDE6A encodes the cyclic-GMP (cGMP) specific phosphodiesterase 6A alpha subunit, expressed in cells of the retinal rod outer segment. The phosphodiesterase 6 holoenzyme is a heterotrimer composed of an alpha, beta, and two gamma subunits. cGMP is an important regulator of rod cell membrane current, and its dynamic concentration is established by phosphodiesterase 6A cGMP hydrolysis and guanylate cyclase cGMP synthesis. Mutations in PDE6A have been identified as one cause of autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa.[2]

References

  1. Pittler SJ, Baehr W, Wasmuth JJ, McConnell DG, Champagne MS, vanTuinen P, Ledbetter D, Davis RL (Apr 1990). "Molecular characterization of human and bovine rod photoreceptor cGMP phosphodiesterase alpha-subunit and chromosomal localization of the human gene". Genomics. 6 (2): 272–83. doi:10.1016/0888-7543(90)90567-E. PMID 2155175.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: PDE6A phosphodiesterase 6A, cGMP-specific, rod, alpha".
  3. Gulati S, Palczewski K, Engel A, Stahlberg H, Kovacik L (Feb 2019). "Cryo-EM structure of phosphodiesterase 6 reveals insights into the allosteric regulation of type I phosphodiesterases". Science Advances. 27 (5): eaav4322. Bibcode:2019SciA....5.4322G. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aav4322. PMC 6392808. PMID 30820458.

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