Medical Definition of Cyclic adenylic acid

1. An activator of phosphorylase kinase and an effector of other enzymes, formed in muscle from ATP by adenylate cyclase and broken down to 5'-AMP by a phosphodiesterase; sometimes referred to as the "second messenger." A related compound (2',3') is also known. Synonym: cyclic adenylic acid, cyclic AMP, cyclic phosphate. Acronym: cAMP (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyclic Adenylic Acid

cycles/second
cycles of fifths
cycles per second
cycleway
cycleways
cyclewear
cyclic
cyclic-inscriptable
cyclic AMP
cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase
cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinases
cyclic AMP receptor protein
cyclic GMP
cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinases
cyclic GMP sensitive 3'-exoribonuclease
cyclic adenylic acid (current term)
cyclic albuminuria
cyclic cmp
cyclic compound
cyclic disorder
cyclic esotropia
cyclic guanosine monophosphate
cyclic haematopoiesis
cyclic imp
cyclic inositol phosphate
cyclic neutropenia
cyclic nucleotide
cyclic nucleotide-regulated protein kinases
cyclic nucleotides
cyclic peptide

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