A Ca2+-sensitive cyclic-3',5'-nucleotide phosphodiesterase from sheep lung modulated by a tightly bound endogenous calmodulin
Radhakrishnan, T.S.; Savithri, H.S.; Rao, N.A.; Venkitasubramanian, T.A.
Biochemistry International 17(5): 919-925
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0158-5231 PMID: 3151055 Document Number: 313238
Highly purified sheep lung cyclic-3',5'-nucleotide phosphodiesterase was sensitive to Ca2+/EGTA but insensitive to exogenous calmodulin. The Ca2+-sensitivity was inhibited by trifluoperazine. Heat-treated enzyme could activate a calmodulin-deficient phosphodiesterase, suggesting the presence of endogenous calmodulin in sheep lung cyclic-3',5'-nucleotide phosphodiesterase, possibly associated with the enzyme in a Ca2+-independent manner.