Calmodulin controls the rod photoreceptor CNG channel through an unconventional binding site in the N-terminus of the β-subunit

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2273-2284

  Weitz, Dietmar ^a   Zoche, Martin ^a,c   Müller, Frank ^a   Beyermann, Michael ^b   Körschen, Heinz G ^a   Kaupp, U Benjamin ^a   Koch, Karl Wilhelm ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR MOLEKULARE PHARMAKOLOGIE   (Germany)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; cAMP; cGMP; Signal transduction; SPR spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CALMODULIN; CYCLIC GMP; ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ROD; SPECTROSCOPY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CALMODULIN; EYE PROTEINS; ION CHANNELS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PHOTORECEPTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032522742     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.8.2273     Document Type: Article

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