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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-7-20
pubmed:abstractText
11-cis retinol dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.105) catalyses the last step in the biosynthetic pathway generating 11-cis retinaldehyde, the common chromophore of all visual pigments in higher animals. The enzyme is abundantly expressed in retinal pigment epithelium of the eye and is a member of the short chain dehydrogenase/reductase superfamily. In this work we demonstrate that a majority of 11-cis retinol dehydrogenase is associated with the smooth ER in retinal pigment epithelial cells and that the enzyme is an integral membrane protein, anchored to membranes by two hydrophobic peptide segments. The catalytic domain of the enzyme is confined to a lumenal compartment and is not present on the cytosolic aspect of membranes. Thus, the subcellular localization and the membrane topology of 11-cis retinol dehydrogenase suggest that generation of 11-cis retinaldehyde is a compartmentalized process.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0021-9533
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
112 ( Pt 4)
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
549-58
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9914166-Alcohol Oxidoreductases, pubmed-meshheading:9914166-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9914166-Catalytic Domain, pubmed-meshheading:9914166-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:9914166-Cell Compartmentation, pubmed-meshheading:9914166-Endopeptidase K, pubmed-meshheading:9914166-Endoplasmic Reticulum, Smooth, pubmed-meshheading:9914166-Hexosaminidases, pubmed-meshheading:9914166-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:9914166-Intracellular Membranes, pubmed-meshheading:9914166-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9914166-Microscopy, Electron, pubmed-meshheading:9914166-Microsomes, pubmed-meshheading:9914166-Pigment Epithelium of Eye, pubmed-meshheading:9914166-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9914166-Retina, pubmed-meshheading:9914166-Retinaldehyde, pubmed-meshheading:9914166-Subcellular Fractions
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Intracellular localization and membrane topology of 11-cis retinol dehydrogenase in the retinal pigment epithelium suggest a compartmentalized synthesis of 11-cis retinaldehyde.
pubmed:affiliation
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Stockholm Branch, Box 240, S-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden. ueri@licr.ki.se
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't