Effect of glycosylation on cloned ANF-sensitive guanylyl cyclase.

Cloned ANF-sensitive guanylyl cyclase (GC-A) and ANF-sensitive guanylyl cyclase from adrenal cortex differ in their sensitivity to the ANF analogs atriopeptin 1 and urodilatin. To test the hypothesis that these differences are due to different glycosylation, we investigated the effect of the N-glycosylation inhibitor tunicamycin on GC-A. Tunicamycin altered the response of GC-A to atriopeptin 1 and urodilatin, whereas the sensitivity to ANF remained unchanged. These data indicate that agonist specificities of different ANF-sensitive guanylyl cyclases are influenced by carbohydrate moieties.