title: [Presence of arrestin (S-antigen)-like proteins in vegetable cells].
abstract: Arrestin (or S-antigen) is a protein that regulates phototransduction in photoreceptor cells of the retina. Homologous proteins have been recently detected in other, non-photosensitive, cells of vertebrates, where they are thought to be associated with other systems of signal transduction. Proteins crossreactive with retinal arrestin were detected in soluble cell extracts from Nicotiana tabacum and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii by immunoblotting using several antibodies against arrestin. Variations of the immunoreactive protein pattern were associated with the growth cycle of tobacco cells. These observations suggest that analogs of arrestin exist in the vegetal kingdom, where they could be involved in transduction processes.
authors.affiliation: Unité n. 86 de l'I.N.S.E.R.M., Centre de Recherches biomédicales des Cordeliers, Paris.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mirshahi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nato
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Razaghi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mirshahi
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Faure
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000276:immunology; D000941:Antigens / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D019393:Arrestin; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002696:Chlamydomonas / Q000032:analysis*; D005136:Eye Proteins / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D012160:Retina / Q000737:chemistry; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D000941:Antigens; D019393:Arrestin; D005136:Eye Proteins; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors
vernacular_title: Présence de protéines apparentées à l'arrestine (antigène-S) dans des cellules végétales.