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Class I AC's occur in many bacteria including E. coli.

This was the first class of AC to be characterized.

It was observed that E. coli deprived of glucose produce cAMP that serves as an internal signal to activate expression of genes for importing and metabolizing other sugars.

cAMP exerts this effect by binding the transcription factor CRP, also known as CAP.

Class I AC's are large cytosolic enzymes (~ 100 kDa ) with a large regulatory domain (~ 50 kDa ) that indirectly senses glucose levels.

As of 2012, no crystal structure is available for class I AC.