At least four types of the enzyme phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) are known:
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PDE4A
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PDE4B
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PDE4C
cAMP-specific 3',5'-cyclic phosphodiesterase 4C is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ''PDE4C'' gene
In biology, the word gene (from , ; "...Wilhelm Johannsen coined the word gene to describe the Mendelian units of heredity..." me ...
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PDE4D
cAMP-specific 3',5'-cyclic phosphodiesterase 4D is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ''PDE4D'' gene.
Function
The PDE4D gene is complex and has at least 9 different isoforms that encode functional proteins. These proteins degrade the s ...
See also
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3',5'-cyclic-AMP phosphodiesterase
3′,5′-cyclic-AMP phosphodiesterase (EC 3.1.4.53, cAMP-specific phosphodiesterase, cAMP-specific PDE, PDE1, PDE2A, PDE2B, PDE4, PDE7, PDE8, PDEB1, PDEB2) is an enzyme with systematic name A systematic name is a name given in a systematic way to ...
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Phosphodiesterase
A phosphodiesterase (PDE) is an enzyme that breaks a phosphodiester bond. Usually, ''phosphodiesterase'' refers to cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases, which have great clinical significance and are described below. However, there are many ot ...
(PDE)
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PDE4 inhibitor
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