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Platelet adenylate cyclase and phospholipase C are affected differentially by ADP-ribosylation. Effects on
H S Banga1, R K Walker, L K Winberry
1Department of Biochemistry, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington 05405.
The Biochemical Journal
|May 15, 1988
Abstract:
Thrombin stimulates phospholipase C and inhibits adenylate cyclase in human platelets. We have studied the effect of purified S1 monomer, the ADP-ribosylating subunit of pertussis toxin, on these receptor-coupled G-protein-dependent activities. ADP-ribosylation of a 41 kDa protein is associated with a marked decrease in the ability of thrombin to inhibit cyclic AMP formation, but has little effect on phospholipase C. Therefore adenylate cyclase and phospholipase C appear to be modulated by different G-proteins.