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cAMP-dependent protein kinase

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cAMP-dependent protein kinase
a tetrameric protein composed of two regulatory subunits that bind cAMP, and two catalytic subunits that catalyze the transfer of a phosphoryl group from ATP to a target enzyme.


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Activation of the GLP-1 receptor results in the stimulation of adenylyl cyclase, leading to an increase in intracellular cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) and the cAMP-dependent protein kinase A (PKA) activation in the pancreatic tissue [10,11,14,22].
In this study we established cooperative interaction between substrate binding sites of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (protein kinase A, EC 2.
But the trio acted synergistically to upregulate a regulatory subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase, a ubiquitous protein involved in neurologic pathways and a key regulator of neuronal growth in the clam embryo model.
 
 
 
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