ISOMERIZATION OF ALL-TRANS-RETINOIDS TO 11-CIS-RETINOIDS INVITRO
ISOMERIZATION OF ALL-TRANS-RETINOIDS TO 11-CIS-RETINOIDS INVITRO
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.84.7.1849
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发表时间:
1987-04-01
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
RANDO, RR
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作者:
BERNSTEIN, PS;LAW, WC;RANDO, RR
The key biochemical process of the vertebrate visual cycle required for rhodopsin regeneration, 11-cis-retinoid production from all-trans-retinoids, is shown to occur in vitro. A 600 .times. g supernatant from a frog retina/pigment epithelium homogenate transforms added all-trans-[3H]retinol, in a time-dependent fashion, to a mixture of 11-cis-retinol, 11-cis-retinal, and 11-cis-retinyl palmitate. 13-cis-Retinoids are formed in only minor amounts by nonspecific processes. Studies using washed particulate fractions of the 600 .times. g supernatant indicate that all-trans-[3H]retinol is isomerized to 11-cis-retinoids much more effectively than is all-trans-[3H]retinal or all-trans-[3H]retinyl palmitate. The 11-cis-retinoid biosynthetic activity is heat-labile, sedimentable by high-speed centrifugation, and largely found in the pigment epithelium rather than in the neural retina.