Phosphate messengers

In the example shown the 5 OH group is phosphorylated Nucleotides are also possible in which some other OH group bears the phosphate ester function Cyclic phosphates are common and important as biochemical messengers... 

Draw the structure of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), a messenger involved in the regulation of glucose production in the body. Cyclic AMP has a phosphate ring connecting the 3 and 5 hydroxyl groups on adenosine. 

Family of enzymes phosphorylating phosphatidylinositol (Ptdlns), PtdIns(4)phosphate, and PtdIns(4,5)phosphate in the 3-position. The Ptdlns(3 phospholipids are second messengers in processes like cell growth, cytoskeletal rearrangement, and vesicular transport. PI 3-kinases are heterodimers composed of a catalytic and a regulatory subunit. The enzymes are activated by insulin, many growth factors, and by a variety of cytokines. Their activity can be inhibited by wortmannin and LY294002. 

The cAMP molecule serves as the second messenger, which carries out the effects of the hormone inside the cell. The primary function of cAMP is to activate protein kinase A. This kinase then attaches phosphate groups to specific enzymatic proteins in the cytoplasm. The phosphorylation of these enzymes enhances or inhibits their activity, resulting in the enhancement or inhibition of specific cellular reactions and processes. Either way, cellular... 

Of these, (2) and (3) and (1) and (5) must develop together and we see this in Table 2.1. The mixture of primitive cells from which we start our discussion all used as messengers in the cytoplasm various phosphate compounds, various substrates and the levels of minerals such as Fe2+, Mg2+ and K+. We labelled this above system as the P/Fe system of communication in the earliest life system. It may be better to view the system as diversifying at first through combination rather than as progressing. There is a part of the... 

The other activity associated with transmembrane receptors is phospholipase C. Phosphatidyl inositol is a membrane phospholipid that after phosphorylation on the head group is found in the membrane as a phos-photidylinostitol bis phosphate. Phospholipase C cleaves this into a membrane associated diacylglycerol (the lipid part) and inositol trisphosphate (IP3, the soluble part). Both play a later role in elevating the level of the second messenger, Ca2+. 

FIGURE 20-7 Pathways of inositol phosphate metabolism. Note that the metabolism of the second messenger I(1,4,5)P3 is shown to the left of the dashed line, while the interconversions of the higher inositol phosphates are shown to the right of the dashed line. Only the quantitatively major established pathways are depicted. Li+ is known to block the dephosphorylation reactions indicated by the (black) bars. Numbers refer to the following enzymes 1, inositol polyphosphate 5-phosphatase (I) 2, inositol polyphosphate 1-phosphatase 3,I(1,4,5)P3 3-kinase 4, inositol polyphosphate 4-phosphatase 5, inositol polyphosphate 3-phosphatase 6, inositol monophosphate phosphatase 7, I(1,3,4)P3 6-kinase/I(3,4,5,6)P4 1-kinase 8, Ipmk 9, DIPP 10, IP6 kinase 11, Ipk 1 12, MIPP 13, PP-IP5 kinase. 

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