Publication Date:
1993-11-12
Description:
Calmodulin is a highly conserved regulatory protein found in all eukaryotic organisms which mediates a variety of calcium ion-dependent signalling pathways. In the Drosophila retina, calmodulin was concentrated in the photoreceptor cell microvillar structure, the rhabdomere, and was found in lower amounts in the sub-rhabdomeral cytoplasm. This calmodulin localization was dependent on the NINAC (neither inactivation nor afterpotential C) unconventional myosins. Mutant flies lacking the rhabdomere-specific p174 NINAC protein did not concentrate calmodulin in the rhabdomere, whereas flies lacking the sub-rhabdomeral p132 isoform had no detectable cytoplasmic calmodulin. Furthermore, a defect in vision resulted when calmodulin was not concentrated in the rhabdomeres, suggesting a role for calmodulin in the regulation of fly phototransduction. A general function of unconventional myosins may be to control the subcellular distribution of calmodulin.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Porter, J A -- Yu, M -- Doberstein, S K -- Pollard, T D -- Montell, C -- EY08117/EY/NEI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1993 Nov 12;262(5136):1038-42.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8235618" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Calcium/metabolism
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Calmodulin/*metabolism
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Drosophila
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*Drosophila Proteins
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Electroretinography
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Eye Proteins/*metabolism
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Mutation
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*Myosin Heavy Chains
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Myosins/*metabolism
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Nerve Degeneration
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Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate/*metabolism
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Retina/metabolism
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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