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Gonadotropin releasing hormone enhanced guanylate cyclase [E.C.4.6.1.2] two- to threefold in pituitary, testis, liver and kidney. Dose response relationships revealed that at a concentration of 1 nanomolar, gonadotropin releasing hormone caused a maximal augmentation of guanylate cyclase activity and that increasing its concentration to the millimolar range caused no further enhancement of this enzyme. There was an absolute cation requirement for gonadotropin releasing hormone's enhancement of guanylate cyclase activity as there was no increase without any cation present. Gonadotropin releasing hormone could increase guanylate cyclase activity with either calcium or manganese in the incubation medium but more augmentation was observed with manganese. The data in this investigation suggest that guanylate cyclase may play a role in the mechanism of action of gonadotropin releasing hormone.
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Vesely, D.L. Cation-dependent gonadotropin releasing hormone activation of guanylate cyclase. Mol Cell Biochem 66, 145–149 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00220782
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