The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Phosphodiesterase 4 across different species:

phosphodiesterase 4A, cAMP-specific (phosphodiesterase E2 dunce homolog, Drosophila) (PDE4A), phosphodiesterase 4A, cAMP specific (Pde4a), phosphodiesterase 4A, cAMP-specific (phosphodiesterase E2 dunce homolog, Drosophila) (Pde4a), phosphodiesterase 4A, cAMP-specific (pde4a), phosphodiesterase 4A, cAMP-specific (PDE4A)

Other aliases include:

PDE4, DPDE2, PDE46, Dpde2, D9Ertd60e, PHOSA, PDE4A, FLJ12949, pde4, dpde2, pde46, Pde4a

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Phosphodiesterase 4:

phosphodiesterase 4A – phosphodiesterase isozyme 4 – cAMP-specific phosphodiesterase – phosphodiesterase 4A, cAMP-specific (dunce – phosphodiesterase E2 dunce homolog, Drosophila – cAMP-specific 3',5'-cyclic phosphodiesterase 4A – dunce – cAMP-specific phosphodiesterase PDE4A – cyclic AMP specific phosphodiesterase PDE4A5A – DPDE2 – phosphodiesterase 4A, cAMP specific – cyclic AMP-specific phosphodiesterase SSPDE4A1A – phosphodiesterase 4A, cAMP-specific – phosphodiesterase 4A-like – phosphodiesterase 4A, cAMP-specific (phosphodiesterase E2 dunce homolog, Drosophila) – cyclic AMP-specific phosphodiesterase FCPDE4A1A – cyclic AMP-specific phosphodiesterase OCPDE4A1A – cyclic AMP-specific phosphodiesterase CPPDE4A1A

Phosphodiesterase 4 fulfills a number of functions:

3',5'-cyclic-AMP phosphodiesterase activity – hydrolase activity – 3',5'-cyclic-nucleotide phosphodiesterase activity – catalytic activity – metal ion binding – protein binding

Phosphodiesterase 4 is relevant to the following processes:

signal transduction – cAMP catabolic process – metabolic process – response to drug

Locations for Phosphodiesterase 4:

cytosol – extrinsic to membrane – membrane – membrane fraction – soluble fraction – cytoplasm – nucleus – perinuclear region of cytoplasm

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology