Signal transduction in photoreceptors

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Nov 1991 English Publisher:Portland Press Ltd.Journal:Biochemical Society Transactions, volume 19, pages 858-860 (issn: 0300-5127, eissn: 1470-8752,

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Authors: K, Langmack; H, Saibil;

doi: 10.1042/bst0190858

pmid: 1794572

Signal transduction in photoreceptors

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Abstract

The biochemical role of the visual-pigment protein, rhodopsin, is reviewed, with reference to vertebrate rods and cones and the microvillar photoreceptors of invertebrates. New results are presented on the structure of squid rhodopsin, which possesses an extensive proline-rich repeat at its C-terminus, using negative-stain electron microscopy.

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Keywords

Rhodopsin, Microvilli, Molecular Sequence Data, Animals, Photoreceptor Cells, Amino Acid Sequence, Rod Cell Outer Segment, Signal Transduction

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