| Literature DB >> 7916565 |
R M Goraczniak1, T Duda, A Sitaramayya, R K Sharma.
Abstract
In the vertebrate photoreceptor cell, rod outer segment (ROS) is the site of visual signal-transduction process, and a pivotal molecule that regulates this process is cyclic GMP. Cyclic GMP controls the cationic conductance into the ROS, and light causes a decrease in the conductance by activating hydrolysis of the cyclic nucleotide. The identity of the granylate cyclase (ROS-GC) that synthesizes this pool of cyclic GMP is unknown. We now report the cloning, expression and functional characterization of a DNA from bovine retina that encodes ROS-GC.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 7916565 PMCID: PMC1137250 DOI: 10.1042/bj3020455
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem J ISSN: 0264-6021 Impact factor: 3.857