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CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES, IV. WIDESPREAD OCCURRENCE OF ADENOSINE 3′,5′-MONOPHOSPHATE-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE IN VARIOUS TISSUES AND PHYLA OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPublished 1 December 1969Open access
J.F. Kuo, Paul Greengard
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TL;DR

The data support a unifying theory for the mechanism of action of adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate, namely that its many and diverse effects are mediated through activation of tissue-specific protein kinases.

Abstract

Adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate-dependent protein kinase activity was found in about thirty sources including many mammalian tissues as well as species representative of eight different invertebrate phyla. The data support a unifying theory for the mechanism of action of adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate, namely that its many and diverse effects are mediated through activation of tissue-specific protein kinases.

Keywords

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology