Licht-im-Terrarium: Literaturdatenbank
Licht-im-Terrarium: Literaturdatenbank |
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Kobayashi, Y., Hisatomi, O., Yamamoto, S., & Tokunaga, F. (2002). Distribution of rod- and cone-specific phosducins in retinas of non-mammalian vertebrates. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 133(1), 77–83. Added by: Sarina (2022-04-28 10:57:51) Last edited by: Sarina (2022-09-26 12:38:13) |
| Resource type: Journal Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1096-4959(02)00109-4 ID no. (ISBN etc.): 1096-4959 BibTeX citation key: Kobayashi2002 View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: Englisch = English Keywords: Echsen = Lizards, Sehvermögen = Visual Perception Creators: Hisatomi, Kobayashi, Tokunaga, Yamamoto Collection: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
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In mammalian retinas, it has been believed that just one kind of phosducin (PD) commonly exists in both rods and cones. However, we have previously reported that there are rod- and cone-specific PDs (OlPD-R and OlPD-C) in medaka (Oryzias latipes) retina [FEBS Lett., 502, 117–121, 2001]. To clarify the distribution and evolution of these photoreceptor type-specific PDs, we investigated PDs of another teleost and a reptile. Immunohistochemical and Western blot analyses using anti-medaka PD antisera demonstrated that two kinds of PDs are expressed in zebrafish (Danio rerio) photoreceptor cells. Our study is suggestive that teleosts generally possess rod- and cone-specific PDs. We isolated a cDNA encoding putative PD (PmlPD) of a diurnal gecko (Phelsuma madagascariensis longinsulae). Because diurnal gecko possesses a pure-cone retina, it was expected that PmlPD would be expressed in cones. Molecular phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that PmlPD was more closely related to mammalian PDs than teleost cone-specific PDs, suggesting that the rod- and cone-specific subtype of teleost PDs have arisen after the teleost–tetrapod divergence.
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