Official Full Name

phosphodiesterase 1B, calmodulin-dependent

Background

The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase (PDE) family, and PDE1 subfamily. Members of the PDE1 family are calmodulin-dependent PDEs that are stimulated by a calcium-calmodulin complex. This PDE has dual-specificity for the second messengers, cAMP and cGMP, with a preference for cGMP as a substrate. cAMP and cGMP function as key regulators of many important physiological processes. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described for this gene.

Synonyms

PDE1B; phosphodiesterase 1B, calmodulin-dependent; PDES1B; calcium/calmodulin-dependent 3,5-cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase 1B; cam-PDE 1B; 63 kDa Cam-PDE; calmodulin-stimulated phosphodiesterase PDE1B1; calcium/calmodulin-stimulated cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase; presumed 63kDa form of the type 1 cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase family known as PDE1B; PDE1B1