The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen phosphodiesterase 5A, CGMP-Specific across different species:

phosphodiesterase 5A, cGMP-specific (PDE5A), phosphodiesterase 5A, cGMP-specific (Pde5a), phosphodiesterase 5a, cGMP-specific (pde5a), phosphodiesterase 5A, cGMP-specific (pde5a)

Other aliases include:

CN5A, PDE5, PDE5A1, CGB-PDE, PDE5A2, Cn5n, Pde5, Cgbpde, Pde5a1, PDE5A, cn5a, pde5, pde5a1, cgb-pde, MGC146818

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen phosphodiesterase 5A, CGMP-Specific:

phosphodiesterase 5A – cGMP-binding cGMP-specific 3',5'-cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase – cGMP-specific 3',5'-cyclic phosphodiesterase – CGB-PDE – cGMP-binding cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase – cGMP-binding cGMP specific phosphodiesterase 5A2 – cGMP-binding/cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase – 3',5'-Cyclic GMP Phosphodiesterase – phosphodiesterase 5A, cGMP-specific – phosphodiesterase 5a, cGMP-specific – phosphodiesterase 5a – cGMP-specific 3',5'-cyclic phosphodiesterase-like – cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase 5a

phosphodiesterase 5A, CGMP-Specific fulfills a number of functions:

3',5'-cyclic-GMP phosphodiesterase activity – cGMP binding – hydrolase activity – magnesium ion binding – nucleotide binding – zinc ion binding – cyclic-nucleotide phosphodiesterase activity – metal ion binding – 3',5'-cyclic-nucleotide phosphodiesterase activity – catalytic activity

phosphodiesterase 5A, CGMP-Specific is relevant to the following processes:

cyclic nucleotide metabolic process – signal transduction – cGMP catabolic process – nervous system development – positive regulation of apoptosis – positive regulation of chronic inflammatory response – positive regulation of vasoconstriction – regulation of the force of heart contraction – response to hypoxia – response to lipopolysaccharide – response to testosterone stimulus – short-term memory – vasodilation

Locations for phosphodiesterase 5A, CGMP-Specific:

cellular_component – cytosol

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology