Movement of retinal along the visual transduction path.
Movement of the ligand/receptor complex in rhodopsin (Rh) has been traced. Bleaching of diazoketo rhodopsin (DK-Rh) containing 11-cis-3-diazo-4-oxo-retinal yields batho-, lumi-, meta-I-, and meta-II-Rh intermediates corresponding to those of native Rh but at lower temperatures. Photoaffinity labeling of DK-Rh and these bleaching intermediates shows that the ionone ring cross-links to tryptophan-265 on helix F in DK-Rh and batho-Rh, and to alanine-169 on helix D in lumi-, meta-I-, and meta-II-Rh intermediates. It is likely that these movements involving a flip-over of the chromophoric ring trigger changes in cytoplasmic membrane loops resulting in heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide-binding protein (G protein) activation.
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Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
Souto
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Imai
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Shichida
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Nakanishi
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D000345:Affinity Labels; D001391:Azo Compounds / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D001665:Binding Sites; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D020962:Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008024:Ligands; D008027:Light; D008958:Models, Molecular; D010782:Photolysis; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D012172:Retinaldehyde / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D012243:Rhodopsin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D012374:Rod Cell Outer Segment / Q000378:metabolism*; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013696:Temperature; D014785:Vision, Ocular
D000345:Affinity Labels; D001391:Azo Compounds; D008024:Ligands; D012243:Rhodopsin; D020962:Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins; D012172:Retinaldehyde