<Emphasis Type="Bold">Adenosine 3′, 5′ Cyclic Monophosphate</Emphasis> (cAMP)

Adenosine 3′, 5′ Cyclic Monophosphate (cAMP)

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First Online: 16 July 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6754-9_264

Formed from ATP by adenylate cyclase enzyme. It has important regulatory functions as “second messenger” for microbial and animal cells. cAMP, adenylate cyclase, G-proteins, signal transduction

Cite this entry as:: (2008) Adenosine 3′, 5′ Cyclic Monophosphate (cAMP). In: Encyclopedia of Genetics, Genomics, Proteomics and Informatics. Springer, Dordrecht