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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-3-25
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The G protein-coupled receptor kinases (GRKs) are critical enzymes in the desensitization of activated G protein-coupled receptors. Six members of the GRK family have been identified to date. Among these enzymes, GRK1 (rhodopsin kinase) is involved in phototransduction and is the most specialized of the family. GRK1 phosphorylates photoactivated rhodopsin, initiating steps in its deactivation. In this study, we found that human retina expressed all GRKs except GRK4. Based on results of molecular cloning and immunolocalization, it appears that both rod and cone photoreceptors express GRK1. This conclusion was supported by the cloning of only GRK1 from cone-dominated chicken retina. Human photoreceptors also transcribe a splice variant of GRK1, which differs in its C-terminal region next to the catalytic domain. This novel variant, GRK1b, is produced by retention of the last intron. mRNA encoding GRK1b is exported to the cytosol; however, the level of the protein is relatively low compared with GRK1 (now called GRK1a), and GRK1b appears to have very low catalytic activity. Thus, these studies suggest that rods and cones, express the same form of GRK1.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
27
pubmed:volume
273
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5124-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9478965-Alternative Splicing, pubmed-meshheading:9478965-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9478965-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9478965-Antibody Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:9478965-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9478965-Chickens, pubmed-meshheading:9478965-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:9478965-Eye Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9478965-Fluorescent Antibody Technique, pubmed-meshheading:9478965-Fovea Centralis, pubmed-meshheading:9478965-G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinase 1, pubmed-meshheading:9478965-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:9478965-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9478965-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9478965-Photoreceptor Cells, pubmed-meshheading:9478965-Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:9478965-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:9478965-Species Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:9478965-Vision, Ocular
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Molecular forms of human rhodopsin kinase (GRK1).
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't