Translocation of Gq alpha mediates long-term adaptation in Drosophila photoreceptors.

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Light adaptation is a process that enables photoreceptor cells to operate over a wide range of light intensities without saturation. In invertebrate photoreceptors, fast adaptation is mediated by a Ca2+-dependent negative-feedback mechanism, which mainly affects the terminal steps of the cascade. Therefore, the response to each photon is smaller as light intensity increases, accommodating both high sensitivity...

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