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Regulation of phototransduction responsiveness and retinal degeneration by a phospholipase D-generated signaling lipid.
The Journal of cell biology - 9 May 2005
LaLonde Mary M, Janssens Hilde, Rosenbaum Erica, Choi Seok-Yong, Gergen J Peter, Colley Nansi J, Stark William S, Frohman Michael A
Abstract excerpt
Drosophila melanogaster phototransduction proceeds via a phospholipase C (PLC)-triggered cascade of phosphatidylinositol (PI) lipid modifications, many steps of which remain undefined. We describe the involvement of the lipid phosphatidic acid and the enzyme that generates it, phospholipase D (Pld), in this process. Pld(null) flies exhibit decreased light sensitivity as well as a heightened susceptibility to...
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