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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
40
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-9-27
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Photoreceptor cadherin (prCAD) is a distinctive cadherin family member that is concentrated at the base of rod and cone outer segments and is required for their structural integrity. During retinal development, prCAD localizes to the site of the future outer segment before rhodopsin or other phototransduction proteins. In vivo, prCAD undergoes a single proteolytic cleavage that releases the ectodomain as a soluble fragment. The C-terminal fragment containing the transmembrane and cytosolic domains remains associated with the outer segment. In rds(-/-) retinas, in which outer segment assembly is severely disrupted because of the absence of retinal degeneration slow (RDS)/peripherin, an essential outer segment structural protein, the level of prCAD is increased, whereas the levels of other outer segment proteins are decreased relative to wild type retinas. Additionally, the ratio of intact:cleaved prCAD polypeptides is increased in rds(-/-) retinas. These data imply that prCAD ectodomain cleavage is an integral part of the outer segment assembly process, and they further suggest that outer segment assembly might be driven, at least in part, by the near irreversibility of proteolysis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
279
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
42202-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15284225-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:15284225-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15284225-Cadherins, pubmed-meshheading:15284225-Conserved Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:15284225-Evolution, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:15284225-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:15284225-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15284225-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:15284225-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:15284225-Peptide Hydrolases, pubmed-meshheading:15284225-Photoreceptor Cells, Vertebrate, pubmed-meshheading:15284225-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:15284225-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:15284225-Retina, pubmed-meshheading:15284225-Rod Cell Outer Segment, pubmed-meshheading:15284225-Sequence Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:15284225-Xenopus laevis, pubmed-meshheading:15284225-Zebrafish
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Proteolytic shedding of the extracellular domain of photoreceptor cadherin. Implications for outer segment assembly.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. arattner@jhmi.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't