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

cycleways
cycle of rebirth
cycle on
cycle per second
cycle rickshaw
cyclic
cyclic
cyclical
cyclicalities
cyclicality
cyclically
cyclicals
cyclicities
cyclicity
cyclicly
cyclic adenylic acid (current term)
cyclic albuminuria
cyclic AMP
cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase
cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinases
cyclic AMP receptor protein
cyclic cmp
cyclic compound
cyclic disorder
cyclic esotropia
cyclic GMP
cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinases
cyclic GMP sensitive 3'-exoribonuclease
cyclic guanosine monophosphate
cyclic haematopoiesis

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