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adenylate cyclase

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Also known as Adenylyl cyclase, adenyl cyclase, ATP diphosphate-lyase (cyclizing; 3',5'-cyclic-AMP-forming), 3',5'-cyclic AMP synthetase, ATP diphosphate-lyase (cyclizing), ATP pyrophosphate-lyase, Adenylyl cyclases

class of enzymes

Key facts

Ec no
4.6.1.1
Cas no
9012-42-4
Intenz
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Brenda
BRENDA entry
Expasy
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Kegg
KEGG entry
Metacyc
metabolic pathway
Priam
profile
Pdb structures
RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
Gene ontology
AmiGO / QuickGO
Pmc
articles
Pubmed
articles
Ncbi
proteins

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Research

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Wikidata facts

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Adenylate cyclase
EC enzyme number
4.6.1.1
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Encyclopedic overview

Adenylate cyclase (EC 4.6.1.1, also commonly known as adenyl cyclase and adenylyl cyclase, abbreviated AC) is an enzyme with systematic name ATP diphosphate-lyase (cyclizing; 3′,5′-cyclic-AMP-forming). It catalyzes the following reaction:

ATP

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