Cyclic Nucleotide Binding Site

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Contents 1 More Specific Terms 2 Introduction 3 More General Terms 4 Internet Database 5 References

More Specific Terms

• cAMP-binding site
• cGMP-binding site

Introduction

• Domain of about 120 amino acid residues present in roteins that bind cyclic nucleotides ( cAMP or cGMP). There are 6 invariant amino acid residues in this domain, 3 of which are Gly thought to be essential for a distinctive 8-stranded, antiparallel beta-barrel. The domain also contains 3 alpha-helices.

More General Terms

• purine nucleotide-binding site
• allosteric site
• domain

Internet Database

Prosite: [1]

References

prosite [2]

cyclic nucleotide-binding site