Chick pineal melatonin synthesis: Light and cyclic AMP control abundance of serotonin N-acetyltransferase protein

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2315-2321

  Zatz, Martin ^a   Gastel, Jonathan A ^b   Heath III, James R ^a   Klein, David C ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Cyclic AMP; Melatonin; Photoreceptors; Pineal; Proteosomal proteolysis; Serotonin N acetyltransferase

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; FORSKOLIN; MELATONIN; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN N ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

ANIMALS; ARYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYCLIC AMP; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FORSKOLIN; LEUPEPTINS; LIGHTING; MELATONIN; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; NOREPINEPHRINE; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; PINEAL GLAND; PROTEASOME ENDOPEPTIDASE COMPLEX; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMPATHOMIMETICS;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0034073928     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2000.0742315.x     Document Type: Article

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