On a soluble system for studying light activation of rod outer segment cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase
- 1 February 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Neurochemical Research
- Vol. 2 (1) , 1-10
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00966017
Abstract
Bovine rod outer segment (ROS) cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase (PDE) could be activated about 6-fold by light, an effect that could be simulated by isolated bleached rhodopsin. About 90% of PDE activity in ROS could be extracted with 10 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5, but light is ineffective in activating the soluble enzyme. However, bleached rhodopsin could activate it in the presence of a very low concentration of ATP, strongly suggesting the mediation of rhodopsin in the light activation of the enzyme in ROS. Direct evidence is presented to suggest that the phosphorylation of opsin (bleached rhodopsin) is unrelated to the activation of PDE by bleached rhodopsin and ATP. The reconstitution of the light activation of PDE in a soluble system presented here opens up a new direction to future investigations on the mechanism of light regulation of cyclic GMP levels in retina and its implication in the photoreceptor function.This publication has 27 references indexed in Scilit:
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