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Nitric Oxide Synthase (NOS) produces Nitric Oxide (NO)
Stable Identifier
R-HSA-418436
Type
Reaction [transition]
Species
Homo sapiens
Compartment
cytosol
ReviewStatus
5/5
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Nitric oxide stimulates guanylate cyclase (Homo sapiens)
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Nitric Oxide Synthase (NOS) produces Nitric Oxide (NO) (Homo sapiens)
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Nitric oxide synthase (NOS) produces NO from L-arginine. There are three isoforms of NOS, endothelial, neuronal and inducible (eNOS, nNOS, and iNOS) (Alderton WK et al. 2001). The three isozymes are regulated differentially. eNOS and nNOS, which are constitutively expressed in certain cells, are activated by he binding of calcium (Ca2+) and calmodulin (Alderton WK et al. 2001; Feng C 2012). iNOS is induced in response to immunostimulatory signals and once synthesized, iNos is constitutively active (Alderton WK et al. 2001; Aktan F 2004; Pautz A et al. 2010). NO produced by NOS acts as a signalling molecule by diffusing across cell membranes to activate soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC).
Literature References
PubMed ID
Title
Journal
Year
19089323
Biochemistry of soluble guanylate cyclase
Marletta, MA
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Derbyshire, ER
Handb Exp Pharmacol
2009
Participants
Input
L-Arg [cytosol]
NADPH [cytosol]
O2 [cytosol]
Output
L-Cit [cytosol]
NADP+ [cytosol]
NO [cytosol]
Participates
as an event of
Nitric oxide stimulates guanylate cyclase (Homo sapiens)
ROS and RNS production in phagocytes (Homo sapiens)
Catalyst Activity
nitric-oxide synthase activity of NOS1,2,3 [cytosol]
Physical Entity
NOS1,2,3 [cytosol]
(Homo sapiens)
Activity
nitric-oxide synthase activity (GO:0004517)
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Authored
Akkerman, JW (2009-06-03)
Reviewed
Kunapuli, SP (2010-06-07)
Created
Jupe, S (2009-04-22)
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