Title : Light-activated calcium release from sonicated bovine retinal rod outer segment disks.

Pub. Date : 1977 Apr 5

PMID : 14680






2 Functional Relationships(s)
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1 Calcium trapped within sonicated and resealed bovine rod outer segment disks is released upon light exposure with a stoichiometry of 0.75 +/- 0.05 calcium for each rhodopsin bleached. Calcium rhodopsin Bos taurus
2 The resluts suggest a model for the disk in which each bleached rhodopsin functions as a "one-shot carrier" to transport a single calcium ion across the membrane. Calcium rhodopsin Bos taurus