Abstract
ATP-dependent activation and deactivation of retinal rod outer segment phosphodiesterase is affected by calcium [Kawamura, S. and Bownds, M. D., J. Gen. Physiol. 77:571-591(1981)]. Our data demonstrate that although calmodulin has been found in rod outer segments [Liu, Y. P. and Schwartz, H., Biochim. Biophys. Acta 526:186-193(1978); Kohnken, R. E. et al, J. Biol. Chem. 256:12517-12522(1981)], this protein is not involved in calcium-dependent phosphodiesterase activation at light levels at which calcium clearly affects this enzyme's activity. Furthermore, calmodulin does not mediate the calcium-dependent deactivation of phosphodiesterase.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 317-324 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |
| Volume | 113 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 31 May 1983 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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