کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
8325810 1539954 2009 4 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Rhodopsin: Structure, signal transduction and oligomerisation
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی زیست شیمی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Rhodopsin: Structure, signal transduction and oligomerisation
چکیده انگلیسی
Rhodopsin was the first G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) for which a high-resolution crystal structure was obtained. Several crystal structures have now been solved representing different activation states of the receptor. These structures, together with those from lower resolution techniques (e.g. electron microscopy), shed light on the stepwise process by which energy from an extracellular photon is transduced across the membrane to the intracellular compartment thereby activating signalling mechanisms responsible for very low-level light detection. Controversy remains in several areas including: (i) transmembrane helix movements responsible for the transduction process, (ii) the stoichiometry of coupling to G proteins and their mode of activation, (iii) the role, if any, of receptor oligomerisation and (iv) the suitability of using structures of this GPCR as templates for modelling the structures of other GPCRs, and their mechanisms of activation.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology - Volume 41, Issue 4, April 2009, Pages 721-724
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