Institution: | a Grupo de Enzimología, Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular y Genética, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Extremadura, Apartado 108, E-06080 Badajoz, Spain b Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Leiria, Portugal c Departamento de Química, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal |
Abstract: | Cyclic ADP-ribose (cADPR) metabolism in mammals is catalyzed by NAD glycohydrolases (NADases) that, besides forming ADP-ribose, form and hydrolyze the N1-glycosidic linkage of cADPR. Thus far, no cADPR phosphohydrolase was known. We tested rat ADP-ribose/CDP-alcohol pyrophosphatase (ADPRibase-Mn) and found that cADPR is an ADPRibase-Mn ligand and substrate. ADPRibase-Mn activity on cADPR was 65-fold less efficient than on ADP-ribose, the best substrate. This is similar to the ADP-ribose/cADPR formation ratio by NADases. The product of cADPR phosphohydrolysis by ADPRibase-Mn was N1-(5-phosphoribosyl)-AMP, suggesting a novel route for cADPR turnover. |