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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-12-23
pubmed:abstractText
We have quantitatively investigated specificities in activating G-protein subtype by bovine and squid rhodopsins to examine whether or not the phototransduction cascade in each of the photoreceptor cells is determined by the colocalization of a large amount of G-protein subtype (Gt or Gq). In contrast to the efficient activation of respective Gt and Gq, bovine and squid rhodopsins scarcely activated G-protein counterparts. Exchange of alpha- and betagamma-subunits of Gt and Gq indicated the critical role of the alpha-subunit in specific binding to respective rhodopsins. Thus the specific recognition of G-protein subtype by each rhodopsin is a major mechanism in determining the phototransduction cascade.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0014-5793
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
13
pubmed:volume
439
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
110-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Selective activation of G-protein subtypes by vertebrate and invertebrate rhodopsins.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't