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adenylate cyclase

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adenylate cyclase
n.
An enzyme that catalyzes the formation of cyclic AMP from ATP. Also called 3,5-cyclic AMP synthetase.

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In vitro effect of chlorpyrifos oxon on muscarinic receptors and adenylate cyclase.
This mutant lacks adenylate cyclase activity, but it does have a CAP phenotype; in the absence of cAMP it is able to express genes that normally require cAMP.
1] binds with specific receptors on smooth muscle cells and activates intracellular adenylate cyclase to produce cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) which in turn induces tissue relaxation through a second messenger system (Palmer et al.
 
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