Question

Alfred Gilman restored the activity of this enzyme in “uncoupled” mutants using cell extracts later found to contain a factor predicted by Martin Rodbell. This enzyme is activated by fluoride, which binds magnesium atoms in the cleft between its C1 and C2 domains. A tetraphosphate group allows dideoxypurines (“di-deoxy-purines”) to inhibit this enzyme by binding its P-site. This enzyme is often crystallized while bound to forskolin (10[2])(“FOR-skuh-lin”). Study of this enzyme’s (10[2])interactions with the beta-2 (10[1])adrenergic (10[1])(“ad-ree-NER-jick”) receptor led to the description of G proteins. Immune response to pertussis is suppressed by ADP-ribosylation of G-sub-i alpha, which depresses the activity of this enzyme and suppresses the (10[1])major [emphasize] alternative to the phosphoinositol (“phospho-in-OSS-uh-toll”) signaling pathway. For 10 points, name this enzyme that generates the secondary messenger (10[1]-5[2])cAMP (10[5])(“c-A-M-P”) from ATP. (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[9])

ANSWER: adenylate cyclase [or adenylyl cyclase; or adenyl cyclase; or AC-III; prompt on cyclase]
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Richard NiuCornell AWUSTL A6410
Jeffrey FungHarvardNorth Carolina B6410
Jason HongBrownGeorgia Tech6810
Amith PunyalaWUSTL BToronto B6810
Andrew WangIllinoisMaryland7210
Adam FineChicago AWaterloo7310
Ben WeinerMinnesota ATexas10210
Shahar SchwartzBerkeley AJohns Hopkins12110
Kevin ParkClaremont CollegesYale B121-5
Bryan UgazArizona StateOttawa121-5
Moses KitakuleColumbia APurdue12210
Rohan ShelkeBerkeley BMinnesota B12210
Andrew HannaPennFlorida12210
Tim MorrisonStanfordNorth Carolina A12210
Andrew MinagarYale AMichigan12210
Yared TadesseCornell BChicago D12410
Connor BlakeChicago BIndiana1250
Alex AkridgeIndianaChicago B1250
Jason HuangNorthwesternIowa State12510
Fred GarveyTruman StateMcGill1250
Nadia DakdoukiMcGillTruman State1250
Raymond ChenToronto ANYU12510
Ishan JoshiOttawaArizona State1250
Kushal AluruRutgersColumbia B1250
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Liam StarnesChicago CSouth Carolina1250
Robert FreemanSouth CarolinaChicago C1250