Reactome | GUCYs converts GTP to cGMP

GUCYs converts GTP to cGMP

Stable Identifier

R-HSA-74885

Type

Reaction [transition]

Species

Homo sapiens

Compartment

photoreceptor disc membrane, cytosol

Synonyms

cGMP synthesis by guanylyl cyclase

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5/5

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The basal, "dark" levels of cGMP are restored as part of the recovery of light response by membrane guanylyl cyclases (GUCYs). Two variants, GUCY2D (Shyjan et al. 1992) and GUCY2F (Lowe et al. 1995), mediate the synthesis of cGMP from GTP. Unlike other membrane guanylyl cyclases, the rod types are not receptors for extracellular substances. Instead, GUCYs are regulated intracellularly by guanylyl cyclase activating proteins (GCAPs), this regulation being the most important negative feedback mechanism triggered by Ca2+ in light. There are three GCAPs in humans; GUCA1A, GUCA1B and GUCA1C (Subbaraya et al. 1994, Surguchov et al. 1997, Haeseleer et al. 1999). GCAPs are Ca2+ binding proteins. When Ca2+ concentration is high (in the "dark" condition), GCAPs bind Ca2+ and inhibit GUCYs. Conversely, when Ca2+ concentration is low (as in a light response), GCAPs release Ca2+ and bind Mg2+ in its place. With Mg2+ bound, GCAPs stimulate GUCY activity by an order of magnitude. This negative feedback operates rapidly to limit the amplitude and duration of the single photon response and to dampen the effects of spontaneous PDE activations. Mutations in GUCYD can give rise to Leber's congenital amaurosis or to cone-rod dystrophy (https://sph.uth.edu/retnet/).

Literature References

PubMed ID	Title	Journal	Year
9119368	The human GCAP1 and GCAP2 genes are arranged in a tail-to-tail array on the short arm of chromosome 6 (p21.1) Knowles, JA, Surguchov, A, Banerjee, P, Subbaraya, I, Baehr, W, Bronson, JD, Ruiz, C, Palczewski, K	Genomics	1997
7777544	Cloning and expression of a second photoreceptor-specific membrane retina guanylyl cyclase (RetGC), RetGC-2. Lowe, DG, Lu, L, Spencer, M, Laura, R, Liu, K, Gu, Q, Dizhoor, AM, Hurley, JB	Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A	1995
1356371	Molecular cloning of a retina-specific membrane guanylyl cyclase. Lowe, DG, de Sauvage, FJ, Shyjan, AW, Gillett, NA, Goeddel, DV	Neuron	1992
7983048	Molecular characterization of human and mouse photoreceptor guanylate cyclase-activating protein (GCAP) and chromosomal localization of the human gene. Rao, PN, Gorczyca, WA, Subbaraya, I, Pettenati, MJ, Helekar, BS, Zhao, X, Baehr, W, Ruiz, CC, Palczewski, K	J Biol Chem	1995
10037746	Molecular characterization of a third member of the guanylyl cyclase-activating protein subfamily Pettenati, M, Li, N, Bronson, D, Wechter, R, Rao, N, Baehr, W, Sokal, I, Haeseleer, F, Palczewski, K	J. Biol. Chem.	1999