Absence of 3′,5′-Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate and Related Enzymes in Neisseria gonorrhoeae 1

Abstract

Summary

cAMP, adenyl cyclase, and cAMP phosphodiesterase were not detected in spent culture media or cell extracts of a recent clinical isolate and laboratory strains of N. gonorrhoeae. cAMP and related enzymes were not detected in either T-1 or T-4 colonial types of N. gonorrhoeae or in other Neisseria spp.