Protein
Soluble guanylate cyclase 89Db
Organism
Drosophila melanogaster
Function
Heterodimers with Gyc88E are activated in response to changing oxygen concentrations, alerting flies to hypoxic environments. Under normal oxygen concentrations, oxygen binds to the heme group and results in low levels of guanylyl cyclase activity. When exposed to reduced oxygen concentrations, the oxygen dissociates from the heme group resulting in activation of the enzyme.
Similarity
Belongs to the adenylyl cyclase class-4/guanylyl cyclase family.
Sequence
MYGMLYESVQHYIQQEYGMETWRKVCQIVDCKHQSFKTHQIYPDKLMPDFAAALSASTGESFDFCMNFFGRCFVRFFSNFGYDKMIRSTGRYFCDFLQSIDNIHVQMRFTYPKMKSPSMQLTNMDDDGAVILYRSGRTGMSKYLIGQMTEVAKEFYGLDMTAYVLESQNDICGGTAGPIKLTEGPLTVIVKYRLDFDNRDYMAKRVNVIAHPSQLKMPSVDLNVFLELFPFTIVLDHDMKITLAGEKIVETWILHNPGVNPKTFIGSHILERFKCRRPKDTQIQWETILQMRTVLFEFELIRTGHNRAAYDAALNFDFENFDEASSLNEAQAMALASAKEFSAENAKEEAAAAATSKDEIDPATGQRRHSVGLRSILLKGQMFYIKDVDSLIFLCSPLIENLDELHGIGLYLNDLNPHGLSRELVMAGWQHCSKLEIMFEKEEQRSDELEKSLELADSWKRQGDELLYSMIPRPIAERMRKSEEHVCQSFEEVSVIFIEVMNIYDSGSNNIQDAMQAVTTLNKVFSALDEEIISPFVYKVETVGMVYMAVSGAPDVNPLHAEHACDLALRVMKKVKAHALPGVAIRVGINSGPVVAGVVGMKVPRYCLFGDTVNTASRMESSSDPWMIQLSNYTALKVQKVGYKVEARGFVKVKGKGEMETYWLLEGPE