title: Structural and functional characterization of the rod outer segment membrane guanylate cyclase.
abstract: In the vertebrate photoreceptor cell, rod outer segment (ROS) is the site of visual signal-transduction process, and a pivotal molecule that regulates this process is cyclic GMP. Cyclic GMP controls the cationic conductance into the ROS, and light causes a decrease in the conductance by activating hydrolysis of the cyclic nucleotide. The identity of the granylate cyclase (ROS-GC) that synthesizes this pool of cyclic GMP is unknown. We now report the cloning, expression and functional characterization of a DNA from bovine retina that encodes ROS-GC.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Regulatory and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania College of Optometry, Philadelphia 19141.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Goraczniak
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Duda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sitaramayya
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002417:Cattle; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D006868:Hydrolysis; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012160:Retina / Q000201:enzymology; D012374:Rod Cell Outer Segment / Q000201:enzymology*; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase