Photoisomerization of retinal at 13-ene is important for phototaxis of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: simultaneous measurements of phototactic and photophobic responses.
Photoisomerization of retinal at 13-ene is important for phototaxis of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: simultaneous measurements of phototactic and photophobic responses.
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13-烯视网膜的光异构化对于莱茵衣藻的趋光性很重要:同时测量趋光和避光反应。
DOI:
10.1016/0006-291x(91)91031-7
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发表时间:
1991
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Nakanishi,K
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作者:
Takahashi,T;Yoshihara,K;Watanabe,M;Kubota,M;Johnson,R;Derguini,F;Nakanishi,K
A real-time automated method was developed for simultaneous measurements of phototactic orientation (phototaxis) and step-up photophobic response of flagellated microorganisms. Addition of all-transretinal restored both photoresponses in a carotenoid-deficient mutant strain ofChlamydomonas reinhardtiiin a dose-dependent manner. The phototactic orientation was biphasic with respect to both the light intensity and the concentration of retinal. All-transretinal was more effective than 11-cisretinal to regenerate both photobehavioral responses. Analogs having locked 11-cisconfigurations and a phenyl ring in the side chain also induced photoresponses, although at concentrations more than two orders of magnitude higher than all-transretinal. According to the present assay method, the responses were hardly detectable in cells incubated with retinal analogs in which the 13-ene was locked in either itstransorcisconfiguration. The results strongly suggest that the isomerization of the 13–14 double bond is important for photobehavioral signal transduction and that a single retinal-dependent photoreceptor controls both phototactic and photophobic responses.