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    Cyclic guanosine monophosphate-specific phosphodiesterase type 5 is an enzyme (EC 3.1.4.17) from the phosphodiesterase class. It is found in various tissues...
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    by cAMP or cGMP by inhibition of their degradation by PDE. Sildenafil (Viagra) is an inhibitor of cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase type 5, which enhances...
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  • Type 5 To-Ku, an amphibious tank CGMP specific phosphodiesterase type 5 Hyper IgM Syndrome Type 5 PDE5 inhibitor, a vasodilator drug Peugeot Type 5 Dietrich-Bugatti...
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    A phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor (PDE5 inhibitor) is a vasodilating drug that works by blocking the degradative action of cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase...
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    (84% in humans), is another cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase inhibitor which inhibits PDE9, a cGMP preferring phosphodiesterase. PDE9 is expressed as high...
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    (March 1997). "Structure, localization, and regulation of cGMP-inhibited phosphodiesterase (PDE3)". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272 (11): 6823–6...
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    blood pressure. Sildenafil acts by blocking phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5), an enzyme that promotes breakdown of cGMP, which regulates blood flow in the penis...
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  • dysfunction. One treatment for erectile dysfunction is cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors, which enable patients to resume having sex despite...
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    The US FDA approved sildenafil, a selective inhibitor of cGMP specific phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5), for the treatment of PAH in 2005. It is marketed...
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  • (EC 3.1.4.3) CGMP specific phosphodiesterase type 5 (EC 3.1.4.17) Phospholipase D (EC 3.1.4.50) Category:EC 3.1.21 Restriction enzyme Type 1 (EC 3.1.21...
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  • many types of molecules, including nucleotides, proteins, and alkaloids. Phosphodiesterase (PDE), inactivates the second messenger cAMP cGMP specific phosphodiesterase...
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    monophosphate (cGMP) 8-Bromoadenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (8-Br-cAMP) Acrasin specific to chemotactic use in Dictyostelium discoideum. phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE...
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    α-subunit activates cGMP phosphodiesterase. cGMP phosphodiesterase breaks down cGMP, an intracellular second messenger which opens cGMP-gated cation channels...
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    signal is terminated when cGMP is broken down by the enzyme cGMP specific phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5), the enzyme that is targeted by sildenafil and other...
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    Numerous cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (PDE) can degrade cGMP by hydrolyzing cGMP into 5'-GMP. PDE 5, -6 and -9 are cGMP-specific while PDE1, -2, -3,...
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  • monophosphate (cGMP) which leads to several biological processes like effect on intracellular calcium level by the Ca2+ pathway. Phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5) is...
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    protecting cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) from degradation by cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) in the corpus cavernosum, allowing for...
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    tone, insulin secretion, and peristalsis. Once formed, cGMP can be degraded by phosphodiesterases, which themselves are under different forms of regulation...
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    rights within the United States. Avanafil acts by inhibiting a specific phosphodiesterase type 5 enzyme found in various body tissues, primarily in the corpus...
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  • isoforms exhibit different affinities for cAMP and cGMP. The existence of the Ca2+-stimulated Phosphodiesterase 1 was first demonstrated by Cheung (1970), Kakiuchi...
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    for impotence, which inhibits cGMP specific phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5), which is responsible for degradation of cGMP, which is produced by guanylate...
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    citation needed] The inhibition of phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) enhances erectile function by increasing the amount of cGMP.[medical citation needed] Tadalafil...
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    different substrate specificities. Some are cAMP selective hydrolases (PDE 4, -7 and -8), others are cGMP selective hydrolases (PDE 5, -6 and -9) and the...
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    The enzyme PDE-5, found in the corpus cavernosum smooth muscle, is responsible for degrading cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) to 5-GMP. Inhibitors...
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    transducin then activates the enzyme cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase (PDE). PDE then catalyzes the hydrolysis of cGMP to 5' GMP. This is the second amplification...
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  • bound GTP to GDP, and thus halts the action of phosphodiesterase, stopping the transformation of cGMP to GMP. This deactivation step of the phototransduction...
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    activation of the enzyme phosphodiesterase, which hydrolyzes cGMP into 5’-GMP, decreasing the concentration of cGMP. In the absence of cGMP, the CNG channels...
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    domain is named after some of the proteins it is found in: cGMP-specific phosphodiesterases, adenylyl cyclases and FhlA. The first structure of a GAF domain...
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    The lab discovered that inhibiting phosphodiesterase type 5A(PDE5A), which degraded cyclic guanosine onophosphate (cGMP) and was inhibited by the drug sildenafil...
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    sildenafil (Viagra). This compound is a potent inhibitor of cGMP specific phosphodiesterase type 5, the enzyme that degrades the signalling molecule cyclic...
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