A typical membrane lipid of archaea.

Diphytanyl moieties are 8 five-carbon isoprene groups condensed end-to-end.

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During spore formation, when the prespore vesicles fuse with the plasma membrane, ACG localizes to the spore surface.

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ACG act as an osmosensor, so spores formed from the acg- cells will germinate irrespective of the osmotic conditions.

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Adenylate cyclase B (ACB) is normally expressed in prestalk cells, but is upregulated in the prespore region of acg null structures. 

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In D. discoideum cAMP phosphodiesterase RegA plays a crucial role in regulating intracellular cAMP levels cells & level of PKA activity.

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RegA is activated by phosphorylation of an aspartate in its response regulator domain.

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Phosphorylation of RegA is mediated by sensor histidine kinases/phosphatases which either phosphorylate or dephosphorylate themselves on a histidine residue when a signal molecule binds to their sensor domain.