Gene Information
Gene NamePDE9A
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length593
Protein NamesHigh affinity cGMP-specific 3',5'-cyclic phosphodiesterase 9A (EC 3.1.4.35)
Target Namephosphodiesterase 9
Target TypeClinical trial target
Gene Age987 ( ENSG00000160191 )
Evolutionary StageEukaryota
AlphaFoldDBO76083
Gene CardPDE9A
Uniprot IDO76083
PfamPF00233
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.479405231)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ PDE9A ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ PDE9A ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ PDE9A ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Pde9a ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ PDE9A ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Pde9a ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsPDE8A, PDE4A, PDE4D, PDE4B, PDE6A, PDE2A, PDE6C, PDE8B, PDE1B, PDE10A, PDE1A, PDE7A, PDE3B, PDE1C, PDE11A, PDE5A, PDE3A, PDE7B, PDE6B, PDE4C
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityExpressed in all tissues examined (testis, brain, small intestine, skeletal muscle, heart, lung, thymus, spleen, placenta, kidney, liver, pancreas, ovary and prostate) except blood (PubMed:9624146). Highest levels in brain, heart, kidney, spleen, prostate and colon. Isoform PDE9A12 is found in prostate (PubMed:12565835). In brain, present in the cortex, cerebellum, and subiculum (at protein level) (PubMed:22328573). In heart, primarily localizes to myocytes (PubMed:25799991). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12565835, ECO:0000269|PubMed:22328573, ECO:0000269|PubMed:25799991, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9624146}.
Pharmacological Animal Models0.000730(Chimpanzee);0.001000(Mouse);NULL(Rat);NULL(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 2HD1  (X-ray  2.23A  2YY2  (X-ray  2.80A  3DY8  (X-ray  2.15A  3DYL  (X-ray  2.70A  3DYN  (X-ray  2.10A  3DYQ  (X-ray  2.50A  3DYS  (X-ray  2.30A  3JSI  (X-ray  2.72A  3JSW  (X-ray  2.30A  3K3E  (X-ray  2.70A  3K3H  (X-ray  2.50A  3N3Z  (X-ray  2.75A  3QI3  (X-ray  2.30A  3QI4  (X-ray  2.50A  4E90  (X-ray  2.50A  4G2J  (X-ray  2.40A  4G2L  (X-ray  3.00A  4GH6  (X-ray  2.70A  4Y86  (X-ray  2.01A  4Y87  (X-ray  3.10A  4Y8C  (X-ray  2.70A  6A3N  (X-ray  2.60A  6LZZ  (X-ray  2.40A  7F0I  (X-ray  2.70A 
DBSNP NA 
Subcellular location [CC][Isoform PDE9A1]: Cell projection, ruffle membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17090334}. Cytoplasm, perinuclear region {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17090334}. Golgi apparatus {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17090334}. Endoplasmic reticulum {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17090334}. Cell membrane, sarcolemma {ECO:0000269|PubMed:25799991}.;
[Isoform PDE9A2]: Cell projection, ruffle membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17090334}. Cytoplasm, perinuclear region {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17090334}.;
[Isoform PDE9A3]: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17090334}. Endoplasmic reticulum {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17090334}.;
[Isoform PDE9A17]: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17090334}. Endoplasmic reticulum {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17090334}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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