PHOTOCONVERTIBLE PIGMENT STATES AND EXCITATION IN CALLIPHORA - INDUCTION AND PROPERTIES OF THE PROLONGED DEPOLARIZING AFTERPOTENTIAL
PHOTOCONVERTIBLE PIGMENT STATES AND EXCITATION IN CALLIPHORA - INDUCTION AND PROPERTIES OF THE PROLONGED DEPOLARIZING AFTERPOTENTIAL
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10.1007/bf00535444
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
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RAZMJOO, S
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HAMDORF, K;RAZMJOO, S
1. The proposed models of two independent groups, which relate the different states of the visual pigment to the excitation of the membrane in invertebrate photoreceptors (with particular reference to the prolonged depolarising afterpotential, the PDA) are compared and evaluated. 2. The validity of the late receptor potential (the" normal" receptor response) as an index of photoreceptor sensitivity, ie, an index of the number of rhodopsin to metarhodopsin transitions, is verified by concurrent spectrophotometry. 3. Electrophysiological observations alone allow the calculation of 1.3 x 10 (8) photopigment molecules in the rhabdom of an R1-6 photoreceptor of a vitamin A-bred Calliphora. 4. The PDA is shown to be quantifiable in terms of the number of rhodopsin to metarhodopsin conversions by the absorption of single light quanta. 5. The comparison of discrete membrane fluctuations (quantum bumps) during the PDA and during exposure to sustained light stimuli that mimic the PDA suggest that, the PDA, similar to the late receptor potential, may be due to the summation of quantum bumps.