Phototransduction: shedding light on translocation

Curr Biol. 2003 Sep 30;13(19):R775-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2003.09.021.

Abstract

Light induces the migration of arrestin to the photosensitive membrane in both vertebrate and invertebrate photoreceptors. New work has identified a phosphoinositide lipid binding domain in Drosophila arrestin and implicates PIP(3) in control of arrestin translocation.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Arrestin / metabolism*
  • Arrestin / physiology
  • Drosophila
  • Models, Biological*
  • Phosphatidylinositols / metabolism
  • Photoreceptor Cells / physiology*
  • Protein Transport / physiology*
  • Transducin / metabolism
  • Vision, Ocular / physiology*

Substances

  • Arrestin
  • Phosphatidylinositols
  • Transducin