Guanylate Cyclase

Front Matter....Pages i-1
Evolution of the membrane guanylate cyclase transduction system....Pages 3-30
Biochemistry and physiology of the natriuretic peptide receptor guanylyl cyclases....Pages 31-47
Natriuretic peptide receptor: Structure and signaling....Pages 49-60
Intracellular trafficking and metabolic turnover of ligand-bound guanylyl cyclase/atrial natriuretic peptide receptor-A into subcellular compartments....Pages 61-72
Structure and function of the heat-stable enterotoxin receptor/guanylyl cyclase C....Pages 73-83
Ultracytochemistry as a tool for the study of the cellular and subcellular localization of membrane-bound guanylate cyclase (GC) activity. Applicability to both receptor-activated and receptor-independent GC activity....Pages 85-96
Photoreceptor specific guanylate cyclases in vertebrate phototransduction....Pages 97-106
Calcium-modulated membrane guanylate cyclase in synaptic transmission?....Pages 107-116
Calcium-sensitive ROS-GC1 signaling outside of photoreceptors: A common theme....Pages 117-124
A novel role of RGS9: Inhibition of retinal guanylyl cyclase....Pages 125-128
Retinal diseases linked with photoreceptor guanylate cyclase....Pages 129-138
Factors that affect regulation of cGMP synthesis in vertebrate photoreceptors and their genetic link to human retinal degeneration....Pages 139-147
Guanylyl cyclases in unicellular organisms....Pages 149-158
Isoforms of NO-sensitive guanylyl cyclase....Pages 159-164
The receptor-like properties of Nitric oxide-activated soluble guanylyl cyclase in intact cells....Pages 165-176
Soluble guanylate cyclases in the retina....Pages 177-186
Back Matter....Pages 187-190