title: Rhodopsin on tracks: new ways to go in signaling.
abstract: In this issue of Structure, Gunkel et al. describe cryoelectron tomography analysis of the nano-organization of the G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) rhodopsin in the rod photoreceptor disk membranes in a near-native environment. Their data strongly suggest that rhodopsin is organized in the native rod disk as dimers arranged in parallel tracks aligned to the incisure.
authors: Laboratory of Biomolecular Research, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland; Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 27, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland. Electronic address: gebhard.schertler@psi.ch.
authors: Gebhard F X
authors: GF
authors: Schertler
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D012243:Rhodopsin / Q000737:chemistry*; D014785:Vision, Ocular
chemical_list: D012243:Rhodopsin