| Literature DB >> 2175180 |
I Panfoli1, A Morelli, I Pepe.
Abstract
Bovine retinal rod outer segment membranes are enriched in a phosphoinositide-specific phosphodiesterase (phospholipase C) activity strictly modulated by free calcium ion concentration. The enzyme(s) was highly active on phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate: maximal hydrolysis rate was attained at 10(-5)M Ca2+ and accounted for 91 +/- 4 nmoles hydrolyzed/min/mg of protein. The results support the notion that in vivo the enzyme(s) is regulated so as to conform to the phototransduction events.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2175180 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(05)81054-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun ISSN: 0006-291X Impact factor: 3.575