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- Transducin (Gt) is a protein naturally expressed in vertebrate retina rods and cones and it is very important in vertebrate phototransduction. It is a...
- change causes an increased affinity for the regulatory protein called transducin (a type of G protein). Upon binding to rhodopsin, the alpha subunit of...
- protein known as transducin. This causes transducin to dissociate from its bound GDP, and bind GTP; then the alpha subunit of transducin dissociates from...
- The WD40 repeat (also known as the WD or beta-transducin repeat) is a short structural motif of approximately 40 amino acids, often terminating in a tryptophan-aspartic...
- the gene GNAO1. Gzα is encoded by the gene GNAZ. Transducin/Gt1α is encoded by the gene GNAT1. Transducin 2/Gt2α is encoded by the gene GNAT2. Gustducin/Gt3α...
- and diverse. An intriguing feature of gustducin is its similarity to transducin. These two G proteins have been shown to be structurally and functionally...
- called transducin, and activates it. This is the first amplification step – each photoactivated opsin triggers activation of about 100 transducins. Each...
- surrounding opsin protein pigment, leading to signaling through the G protein transducin. Retinaldehyde also forms a part of bacteriorhodopsin, a light-induced...
- receptor subunit is a protein that in humans is encoded by the BTRC (beta-transducin repeat containing) gene. This gene encodes a member of the F-box protein...
- by transducin. Transducin is a G protein which upon GDP/GTP exchange in the transducin α subunit catalyzed by photolyzed rhodopsin. The transducin α subunit...