PDE4A

PDE4A

A gene on chromosome 19p13.2 that encodes a cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase, which plays a critical role in signal transduction, regulating intracellular cyclic nucleotide concentrations by hydrolysing the second messenger cAMP to AMP, thereby having a role in regulating physiological processes.

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