title: Drosophila visual transduction.
abstract: Visual transduction in the Drosophila compound eye functions through a pathway that couples rhodopsin to phospholipase C (PLC) and the opening of transient receptor potential (TRP) channels. This cascade differs from phototransduction in mammalian rods and cones, but is remarkably similar to signaling in mammalian intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs). In this review, I focus on recent advances in the fly visual system, including the discovery of a visual cycle and insights into the machinery and mechanisms involved in generating a light response in photoreceptor cells.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Biological Chemistry and Neuroscience, Center for Sensory Biology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. cmontell@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Montell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004330:Drosophila / Q000502:physiology*; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008959:Models, Neurological; D017956:Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate / Q000502:physiology*; D012243:Rhodopsin / Q000378:metabolism*; D050051:Transient Receptor Potential Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000378:metabolism*; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; C411581:TRPgamma protein, Drosophila; D050051:Transient Receptor Potential Channels; D012243:Rhodopsin; D010738:Type C Phospholipases