Cyclic ADP-ribose

Function

cADPR is a cellular messenger for calcium signaling. It stimulates calcium-induced calcium release at lower cytosolic concentrations of Ca2+. The primary target of cADPR is the endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ uptake mechanism. cADPR mobilizes Ca2+ from the endoplasmic reticulum by activation of ryanodine receptors, a critical step in muscle contraction.

cADPR also acts as an agonist for the TRPM2 channel, but less potently than ADPR. cADPR and ADPR act synergistically, with both molecules enhancing the action of the other molecule in activating the TRPM2 channel.

Potentiation of Ca2+ release by cADPR is mediated by increased accumulation of Ca2+ in the sarcoplasmic reticulum.

Metabolism

cADPR and ADPR are synthesized from NAD+ by the bifunctional ectoenzymes of the CD38 family (also includes the GPI-anchored CD157 and the specific, monofunctional ADP ribosyl cyclase of the mollusc Aplysia). The same enzymes are also capable of hydrolyzing cADPR to ADPR. Catalysis proceeds via a covalently bound intermediate. The hydrolysis reaction is inhibited by ATP, and cADPR may accumulate. Synthesis and degradation of cADPR by enzymes of the CD38 family involve, respectively, the formation and the hydrolysis of the N1-glycosidic bond. In 2009, the first enzyme able to hydrolyze the phosphoanhydride linkage of cADPR, i.e. the one between the two phosphate groups, was reported.

SARM1 and other TIR domain-containing proteins also catalyze the formation of cADPR from NAD+.

Isomers

Variants of cADPR that differ in their HPLC retention times compared to canonical cADPR have been identified as products of bacterial and plant TIR domain-containing enzymes. v-cADPR (also referred to as 2'cADPR or 1*-2' glycocyclic ADPR (gcADPR)) and v2-cADPR (also referred to as 3'cADPR or 1*-3' gcADPR) isomers are cyclized by O-glycosidic bond formation between the ribose moieties in ADPR. 3'cADPR produced by bacterial TIR domain-containing proteins can act as an activator of bacterial antiphage defense systems and as a suppressor of plant immunity.

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