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What does AC stand for?

Adenylate Cyclase


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Stimulate the release of currently stored fat in subcutaneous adipocytes (pro-lipolytic effect) by: --Activating an enzyme called adenylate cyclase, which increases levels of cyclic AMP (an important cell-regulating compound and a key lipolytic activator) within fat cells.
Rapid antidepressant response to alprazolam in depressed patients with high catecholamine output arid heterologous desensitization of platelet adenylate cyclase.
bronchiseptica, it does not carry genes that encode pertussis toxin or adenylate cyclase toxin (7).
Topics include specialization in Bordetella as deduced from comparative genome analysis; the phylogeny, evolution and epidemiology of Bordetellae; the bvg regulon; Bordetella adhesins and toxins; Ptl Type III secretions in Bordetella subspecies; Ptl Type IV secretion systems; primary metabolism of physiology; bacteriophage and diversity-generating retroelements; biotechnological applications of the Bordetella pertussis adenylate cyclase toxin; and pertussis vaccines.
Moreover, Forskolin was purported to stimulate "the enzyme adenylate cyclase to release cAMP levels" and "relax bronchial smooth muscle"; and Coleus Forshkolii supplementation supposedly could treat conditions, such as, "asthma, eczema, psoriasis, allergies, low thyroid, glaucoma and neurological disorders.
Furthermore, adenylate cyclase activity stimulated by cesium fluoride was abnormally low among 10 alcoholics in the sample who had abstained from alcohol for one to four years.
Such effector function is composed of adenylate cyclase stimulation resulting in the production of cyclic AMP; (cAMP), phospholipase C and A2 stimulation generating inositol-1,4,5- trisphosphate (IP3), cGMP phosphodiesterase activity, or the stimulation of calcium [Ca2+] fluxes in vivo--mediated by release of Ca2+ from intracellular stores.
Isolation of inhibitors of adenylate cyclase from Dan-shen, the root of Salvia miltiorrhiza.

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