Sensory rhodopsin I: Receptor activation and signal relay |
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Authors: | John L. Spudich Roberto A. Bogomolni |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Medical School, 77030 Houston, Texas;(2) Department of Chemistry, University of California, 95035 Santa Cruz, California |
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Abstract: | Recent progress is summarized on the mechanism of phototransduction by sensory rhodopsin I (SR-I), a phototaxis receptor inHalobacterium halobium. Two aspects are emphasized: (i)The coupling of retinal isomerization to protein conformational changes. Retinal analogs have been used to probe chromophore-apoprotein interactions during the receptor activation process. One of the most important results is the finding of a steric trigger deriving from the interaction of residues on the protein with a methyl group near the isomerizing bond of the retinal (at carbon 13). Recent work on molecular genetic methods to further probe structure/function includes the synthesis and expression of an SR-I apoprotein gene designed for residue replacements by cassette mutagenesis, and transformation of anH. halobium mutant lacking all retinylidene proteins known in this species to SR-I+ and bacteriorhodopsin (BR)+. (ii)The relay of the SR-I signal to a post-receptor component. A carboxylmethylated protein (MPP-I) associated with SR-I and found in theH. halobium membrane exhibits homology with the signaling domain of eubacterial chemotaxis transducers (e.g.,Escherichia coli Tar, Tsr, and Trg proteins), suggesting a model based on SR-I MPP-I signal relay. |
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Keywords: | Phototaxis photoreception signal transduction |
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