The metabolic pathway of visual pigment chromophore formation in Drosophila melanogaster: All-trans (3S)-3-hydroxyretinal is formed from all- trans retinal via (3R)-3-hydroxyretinal in the dark

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 522-527

  Seki, Takaharu ^a   Isono, Kunio ^b   Ozaki, Kaoru ^b   Tsukahara, Yasuo ^b   Shibata Katsuta, Yuko ^c   Ito, Masayoshi ^c   Irie, Toshiaki ^d   Katagiri, Masanao ^a  

^a OSAKA KYOIKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KOBE PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Osaka Meijo Women's College   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 hydroxyretinal; Chiral discrimination; Chromophore; Cytochrome P 450; Drosophila melanogaster

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYRETINAL; CARBON MONOXIDE; CAROTENOID; CYTOCHROME P450; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; RETINAL; RETINOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPLETION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENANTIOMER; ISOMERISM; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DARKNESS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; RETINAL PIGMENTS; RETINALDEHYDE;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032532576     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2570522.x     Document Type: Article

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