Article
Gprk2 controls cAMP levels in Drosophila development.
Developmental biology - 1 May 2001
Lannutti B J, Schneider L E
Abstract excerpt
G protein-coupled receptors mediate their biological responses through the generation of second messengers, such as cAMP. The down-regulation of their activity (desensitization) is carried out, in part, by the family of G protein-coupled receptor kinases, which phosphorylate activated receptors. The Gprk2 gene in Drosophila melanogaster is a putative member of this family. The GPRK2 protein is expressed most...
Topics
- 3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases
- Animals
- Cyclic AMP
- Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases
- Cytoskeleton
- Drosophila
- Drosophila Proteins
- Female
- G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinase 2
- Genes, Insect
- Genes, Lethal
- Infertility
- Mutation
- Oogenesis
- Ovary
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
- Receptors, Cell Surface
- Second Messenger Systems
