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. 1983 Dec 15;216(3):753–759. doi: 10.1042/bj2160753

The role of a guanine nucleotide-binding protein in the activation of rat liver plasma-membrane adenylate cyclase by forskolin.

S K Wong, B R Martin
PMCID: PMC1152571  PMID: 6320798

Abstract

The effects of the photoreactive GTP analogue GTP-gamma-azidoanilide on rat liver plasma-membrane adenylate cyclase are described. U.v. irradiation in the presence of the analogue abolished activation by any effector or combination of effectors that function via the activatory G protein. Partial protection against this inhibition was given by F- and guanosine 5'-[gamma-thio]triphosphate. It is concluded that GTP-gamma-azidoanilide acts by a light-induced covalent reaction with the G protein. In the dark the effects of the analogue were similar to those of GTP. Irradiation in the presence of GTP-gamma-azidoanilide was found to reduce but not to abolish activation of rat liver plasma membrane adenylate cyclase by forskolin. The activation by forskolin and GTP together were greater than the sum of the individual activations. Forskolin doubled adenylate cyclase activity in the presence of glucagon and guanosine 5'-[beta, gamma-imido]triphosphate, which might be expected to activate to the maximum possible extent via the G protein. It is concluded that there are two components to the forskolin activation, a guanine nucleotide-dependent and a guanine nucleotide-independent component.

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