Functional Characterization of a Guanylyl Cyclase-activating Protein from Vertebrate Rods
Functional Characterization of a Guanylyl Cyclase-activating Protein from Vertebrate Rods
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脊椎动物杆状鸟苷酸环化酶激活蛋白的功能表征
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发表时间:
1996
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
K. Koch
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作者:
S. Frins;W. Bönigk;F. Müller;R. Kellner;K. Koch
The membrane-bound guanylyl cyclase in vertebrate photoreceptor cells is one of the key enzymes in visual transduction. It is highly sensitive to the free calcium concentration ([Ca]). The activation process is cooperative and mediated by a novel calcium-binding protein named GCAP (guanylyl cyclase-activating protein). We isolated GCAP from bovine rod outer segments, determined amino acid sequences of proteolytically obtained peptides, and cloned its gene. The Ca-bound form of native GCAP has an apparent molecular mass of 20.5 kDa and the Ca-free form of 25 kDa as determined by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Recombinant GCAP was functionally expressed in Escherichia coli. Activation of guanylyl cyclase in vertebrate photoreceptor cells by native acylated GCAP was half-maximal at 100 nM free [Ca] with a Hill coefficient of 2.5. Activation by recombinant nonacylated GCAP showed a lower degree of cooperativity (n = 2.0), and half-maximal activation was shifted to 261 nM free [Ca]. Immunocytochemically we localized GCAP only in rod and cone cells of a bovine retina.
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发表时间:
1991
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The Journal of biological chemistry
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作者:
Stryer,L
通讯作者:
Stryer,L
影响因子:
2.9
作者:
Sitaramayya,A;Marala,RB;Hakki,S;Sharma,RK
通讯作者:
Sharma,RK