Citation for published version (APA): Haastert, P. J. M. V. (1985). cAMP activates adenylate and guanylate cyclase of Dictyostelium discoideum cells by binding to different classes of cell-surface receptors. A study with extracellular Ca2+. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta %28BBA%29 -Molecular Cell Research, 846(3). DOI: 10.1016/0167-4889(85)90002-3 Copyright Other than for strictly personal use, it is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons).Take-down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim.Downloaded from the University of Groningen/UMCG research database (Pure): http://www.rug.nl/research/portal. For technical reasons the number of authors shown on this cover page is limited to 10 maximum. (ii) The K d of the S-sites was reduced from 16 nM to 5 nM (iii) The conversion of H-sites to L-sites was inhibited up to 80%. The kinetics of the cAMP-induced cAMP accumulation was not strongly altered by Ca 2+, but the amount of cAMP produced was inhibited up to 80%. The kinetics of the cAMP-induced cGMP accumulation was strongly altered; maximal levels were obtained sooner, and the K a was reduced from 15 to 3.5 nM cAMP. Ca 2+, Mg 2+ and Mn 2+ increased the number of binding sites, all with EC~ = 0.5 mM. The S-sites and the cGMP response were modified by equal Ca 2+ concentrations and by higher concentrations of Mg 2+ and Mn 2 + (ECs0 are respectively 0.4 mM, 2.5 mM and about 25 mM). The conversion of H-to L-sites and the cAMP response were specifically inhibited by Ca 2+ with EC~ = 20 /~M. It is concluded that cAMP activates guanylate cyclase through the S-sites; adenylate cyclase is activated by the H + L-sites, in which the appearance of the L-sites during the binding reaction represents the coupling of occupied surface cAMP receptors to adenylate cyclase.