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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-6-23
pubmed:abstractText
Solubilization of retinal rod outer segment disk membranes in octyl glucoside was employed to prepare rhodopsin samples with varying amounts of associated disk phospholipid. Flash photolysis studies were carried out on these samples to determine the dependence of the meta I to meta II transition kinetics on the level of associated phospholipid. The rate constant for the formation of meta II increased from 6.9 X 10(3) to 19.5 X 10(3) s-1 as the molar ratio of phospholipid per rhodopsin fell from 35 to 5. The activation free energy for this process had a linear dependence on the level of phospholipid, with a slope of 24 cal/mol of rhodopsin-associated phospholipid. A variety of evidence suggests that rhodopsin undergoes a reversible conformation change during the meta I to meta II transition. No evidence was found for an enhanced effect on the activation free energy for this conformation change at the level of associated phospholipid which corresponds to the formation of a phospholipid boundary layer around rhodopsin.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0006-2960
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
3
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
631-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1981
pubmed:articleTitle
Rhodopsin-phospholipid interactions: dependence of rate of the meta I to meta II transition on the level of associated disk phospholipid.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't