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| Citation | Wang, X., Wang, T., Ni, J.D., von Lintig, J., Montell, C. (2012). The Drosophila Visual Cycle and De Novo Chromophore Synthesis Depends on rdhB. J. Neurosci. 32(10): 3485--3491. (Export to RIS) | ||
| FlyBase ID | FBrf0217693 | ||
| Publication Type | Research paper | ||
| PubMed ID | 22399771 | ||
| PubMed Abstract | In mammalian rods and cones, light activation of the visual pigments leads to release of the chromophore, which is then recycled through a multistep enzymatic pathway, referred to as the visual or retinoid cycle. In invertebrates such as Drosophila, a visual cycle was thought not to exist since the rhodopsins are bistable photopigments, which consist of a chromophore that normally stays bound to the opsin following light activation. Nevertheless, we recently described a visual cycle in Drosophila that serves to recycle the free chromophore that is released following light-induced internalization of rhodopsin, and a retinol dehydrogenase (RDH) that catalyzes the first step of the pathway. Here, we describe the identification of a putative RDH, referred to as RDHB (retinol dehydrogenase B), which functions in the visual cycle and in de novo synthesis of the chromophore. RDHB was expressed in the retinal pigment cells (RPCs), where it promoted the final enzymatic reaction necessary for the production of the chromophore. Mutation of rdhB caused moderate light-dependent degeneration of the phototransducing compartment of the photoreceptor cells-the rhabdomeres, reminiscent of the effects of mutations in some human RDH genes. Since the first and last steps in the visual cycle take place in the RPCs, it appears that these cells are the sites of action for this entire enzymatic pathway in Drosophila. | ||
| DOI | 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5350-11.2012 | ||
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| Language of Publication | English | ||
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| Publication Type | Journal | ||
| Abbreviation | J. Neurosci. | ||
| Title | Journal of Neuroscience | ||
| Publication Year | 1981- | ||
| ISBN/ISSN | 0270-6474 1529-2401 | ||
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