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[Role of secondary phosphoinositide messengers in storage of Ca2+ ions in retinal rod microsomes]
V P Emel'ianova1, L A Baranova, I D Volotovskiĭ
1Institute of Photobiology, Belorussian Academy of Sciences, ul. Academicheskaya 27, Minsk, 220072 Belarus.
Abstract:
The influence of guanosine-5'-triphosphate and secondary messengers forming in rod outer segment membranes during light-stimulated hydrolysis of phosphoinositides on the ATP-dependent Ca(2+)-uptake in microsomes of the retinal rod inner segment was studied. The water-soluble cytoplasmic components of the retinal rod outer segment were shown to be capable of stimulating the Ca(2+)-pump of endoplasmic reticulum after light illumination. This process is likely to proceed with the participation of 1,2-diacylglycerol localized in microsome membrane.
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