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    A Drosophila mechanosensory transduction channel (2000)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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    Publication Date: 2000-04-01
    Description: Mechanosensory transduction underlies a wide range of senses, including proprioception, touch, balance, and hearing. The pivotal element of these senses is a mechanically gated ion channel that transduces sound, pressure, or movement into changes in excitability of specialized sensory cells. Despite the prevalence of mechanosensory systems, little is known about the molecular nature of the transduction channels. To identify such a channel, we analyzed Drosophila melanogaster mechanoreceptive mutants for defects in mechanosensory physiology. Loss-of-function mutations in the no mechanoreceptor potential C (nompC) gene virtually abolished mechanosensory signaling. nompC encodes a new ion channel that is essential for mechanosensory transduction. As expected for a transduction channel, D. melanogaster NOMPC and a Caenorhabditis elegans homolog were selectively expressed in mechanosensory organs.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Walker, R G -- Willingham, A T -- Zuker, C S -- 5T32GM08107/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2000 Mar 24;287(5461):2229-34.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Diego,CA 92093-0649, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10744543" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Action Potentials ; Adaptation, Physiological ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Caenorhabditis elegans/genetics/physiology ; Chromosome Mapping ; Cloning, Molecular ; Dendrites/physiology ; *Drosophila Proteins ; Drosophila melanogaster/genetics/*physiology ; Gene Expression Profiling ; Genes, Insect ; Hair Cells, Auditory/physiology ; Insect Proteins/chemistry/genetics/physiology ; Ion Channels/chemistry/*genetics/*physiology ; Mechanoreceptors/*physiology ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Neurons, Afferent/*physiology ; Patch-Clamp Techniques ; Physical Stimulation ; Proprioception ; Sensation/physiology ; Sense Organs/physiology ; Signal Transduction ; Touch ; Transient Receptor Potential Channels
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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    Photoreceptor deactivation and retinal degeneration mediated by a photoreceptor-specific protein kinase C (1991)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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    Publication Date: 1991-12-06
    Description: The protein kinase C (PKC) family of serine-threonine kinases has been implicated in the regulation of a variety of signaling cascades. One member of this family, eye-PKC, is expressed exclusively in the Drosophila visual system. The inaC (inactivation-no-afterpotential C) locus was shown to be the structural gene for eye-PKC. Analysis of the light response from inaC mutants showed that this kinase is required for the deactivation and rapid desensitization of the visual cascade. Light adaptation was also defective in inaC mutant flies. In flies carrying the retinal degeneration mutation rdgB, absence of eye-PKC suppressed photoreceptor cell degeneration. These results indicate that eye-PKC functions in the light-dependent regulation of the phototransduction cascade in Drosophila.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Smith, D P -- Ranganathan, R -- Hardy, R W -- Marx, J -- Tsuchida, T -- Zuker, C S -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Dec 6;254(5037):1478-84.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1962207" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adaptation, Physiological/physiology ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Calcium/physiology ; DNA Mutational Analysis ; Drosophila melanogaster/*genetics ; Eye/enzymology ; Genes ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Photoreceptor Cells/*physiology ; Protein Kinase C/chemistry/*physiology ; Restriction Mapping ; Retinal Degeneration/pathology/*physiopathology ; Signal Transduction ; *Vision, Ocular
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    Arrestin function in inactivation of G protein-coupled receptor rhodopsin in vivo (1993)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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    Publication Date: 1993-06-25
    Description: Arrestins have been implicated in the regulation of many G protein-coupled receptor signaling cascades. Mutations in two Drosophila photoreceptor-specific arrestin genes, arrestin 1 and arrestin 2, were generated. Analysis of the light response in these mutants shows that the Arr1 and Arr2 proteins are mediators of rhodopsin inactivation and are essential for the termination of the phototransduction cascade in vivo. The saturation of arrestin function by an excess of activated rhodopsin is responsible for a continuously activated state of the photoreceptors known as the prolonged depolarized afterpotential. In the absence of arrestins, photoreceptors undergo light-dependent retinal degeneration as a result of the continued activity of the phototransduction cascade. These results demonstrate the fundamental requirement for members of the arrestin protein family in the regulation of G protein-coupled receptors and signaling cascades in vivo.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Dolph, P J -- Ranganathan, R -- Colley, N J -- Hardy, R W -- Socolich, M -- Zuker, C S -- R01 EY008768/EY/NEI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1993 Jun 25;260(5116):1910-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, La Jolla, CA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8316831" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Animals, Genetically Modified ; *Arrestins ; Drosophila ; Drosophila Proteins ; Eye Proteins/genetics/*physiology ; Female ; GTP-Binding Proteins/*metabolism ; Genes, Insect ; Kinetics ; Male ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Phosphoproteins/genetics/*physiology ; Photic Stimulation ; Photoreceptor Cells/cytology/*physiology ; Rhodopsin/analogs & derivatives/*metabolism
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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