Journal of Photoscience
- Volume 9 Issue 2
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- Pages.275-277
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- 2002
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- 1225-8555(pISSN)
Signaling Protein Complex Formation in Detergent Resistant Membrane of Bovine Photoreceptor Rod Outer Segments
- Liu, Han (Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kobe University) ;
- Seno, Keiji (Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kobe University) ;
- Hayashi, Fumio (Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kobe University)
- Published : 2002.08.01
Abstract
We have recently found that a detergent-resistant raft like membrane (DRM) can be prepared from bovine rod outer segment membranes as a low-density buoyant fraction in sucrose density gradient ultracentrifugation. G protein (transducin) and its effector enzyme (phosphodiesterase: PDE) drastically change their affinities to DRM in the process of phototransduction. We report here that the recruitment of transducin and/or