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  • Title: CD38 in bovine lung: A multicatalytic NADase.
    Author: Polzonetti V, Pucciarelli S, Vita A, Vincenzetti S, Natalini P.
    Journal: J Membr Biol; 2009 Feb; 227(3):105-10. PubMed ID: 19169615.
    Abstract:
    We report the kinetics and molecular properties of CD38 purified from bovine lung microsomal membranes after its solubilization with Triton X-100. The enzyme was found to be a novel member of a multicatalytic NAD(+)-glycohydrolase (NADase, EC 3.2.2.6). It was able to utilize NAD( + ) in different ways, producing nicotinamide (Nam) and either adenosine diphosphoribose (ADPR, NADase activity) or cyclic ADPR (cADPR, cyclase activity); it also catalyzed the hydrolysis of cADPR to ADPR (cADPR, hydrolase activity). In addition, the enzyme catalyzed the pyridine base exchange reaction with conversion of NAD( + ) into NAD analogues. These data are evidence that CD38 is involved in the regulation of both NAD(+) and calcium-mobilizing agents, the concentration resulting in an essential enzyme that plays a key role in cellular energy and signal-transduction systems.
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