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Multiple steps of phosphorylation of activated rhodopsin can account for the reproducibility of vertebrate rod single-photon responses

Date

Authors

Hamer, Russell D

Nicholas, S C

Tranchina, D

Liebman, P

Lamb, Trevor

Publisher

Rockefeller University Press

Abstract

Single-photon responses (SPRs) in vertebrate rods are considerably less variable than expected if isomerized rhodopsin (R*) inactivated in a single, memoryless step, and no other variability-reducing mechanisms were available. We present a new stochastic

Keywords

Keywords: rhodopsin; animal cell; animal tissue; article; DNA modification; Monte Carlo method; mouse; nonhuman; phototransduction; protein phosphorylation; retina rod; stochastic model; vertebrate; Adenosine Triphosphate; Animals; Biotransformation; Calcium Signal Multiple phosphorylation; Phototransduction; Rod responses; Single-photon response reproducibility; Stochastic model

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/77233

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of General Physiology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1085/jgp.200308832

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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