2000
Enhanced Electron Flux and Reduced Calmodulin Dissociation May Explain “Calcium-independent” eNOS Activation by Phosphorylation*
McCabe T, Fulton D, Roman L, Sessa W. Enhanced Electron Flux and Reduced Calmodulin Dissociation May Explain “Calcium-independent” eNOS Activation by Phosphorylation*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2000, 275: 6123-6128. PMID: 10692402, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.9.6123.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCalciumCalmodulinCattleDimerizationEgtazic AcidElectronsEnzyme ActivationKineticsMutationNADH DehydrogenaseNADPNitric OxideNitric Oxide SynthaseNitric Oxide Synthase Type IIIPhosphorylationProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesProto-Oncogene ProteinsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktStatic ElectricityConceptsSerine 1179Reductase domainCalmodulin dissociationProtein kinase AktWild-type eNOSBovine endothelial nitric oxide synthaseEndothelial nitric oxide synthaseKinase AktRate-limiting stepReductase activityPhosphorylationENOS activationNOS functionPotential mechanismsAspartateENOS catalytic activityENOS activityCytochrome c reductionAktCalmodulinDomainProteinMutationsProductionActivity
1994
The Nitric Oxide Synthase Family of Proteins
Sessa W. The Nitric Oxide Synthase Family of Proteins. Journal Of Vascular Research 1994, 31: 131-143. PMID: 7511942, DOI: 10.1159/000159039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid OxidoreductasesAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsArginineCardiovascular SystemCloning, MolecularConsensus SequenceDNAGene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicHumansImmune SystemMolecular Sequence DataNervous SystemNitric OxideNitric Oxide SynthasePhosphorylationSequence AlignmentSequence Homology, Amino AcidConceptsCytochrome P450 reductase domainNitric oxide synthaseP450 reductase domainNitric oxide synthase (NOS) familySynthase familyMammalian enzymeSeparate genesReductase domainMolecular biologyNovel familyIsoforms of NOSImportant familyNitric oxideProteinEndothelial nitric oxide synthaseEnzyme nitric oxide synthaseGuanidino nitrogenImportant bio-regulatory moleculeOxide synthaseFamilyL-arginineCardiovascular systemRecent advancesGenesEnzymology