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Effect of g protein-coupled receptor kinase 1 (Grk1) overexpression on rod photoreceptor cell viability.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Mar 2010
Whitcomb Tiffany, Sakurai Keisuke, Brown Bruce M, Young Joyce E, Sheflin Lowell, Dlugos Cynthia, Craft Cheryl M, Kefalov Vladimir J, Khani Shahrokh C
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PURPOSE: Photoreceptor rhodopsin kinase (Rk, G protein-dependent receptor kinase 1 [Grk1]) phosphorylates light-activated opsins and channels them into an inactive complex with visual arrestins. Grk1 deficiency leads to human retinopathy and heightened susceptibility to light-induced photoreceptor cell death in the mouse. The goal of this study was to determine whether excess Grk1 activity is protective against...
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