Article
Role of rhodopsin and arrestin phosphorylation in retinal degeneration of Drosophila.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 1 Aug 2012
Kristaponyte Inga, Hong Yuan, Lu Haiqin, Shieh Bih-Hwa
Abstract excerpt
Arrestins belong to a family of multifunctional adaptor proteins that regulate internalization of diverse receptors including G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Defects associated with endocytosis of GPCRs have been linked to human diseases. We used enhanced green fluorescent protein-tagged arrestin 2 (Arr2) to monitor the turnover of the major rhodopsin (Rh1) in live Drosophila. We demonstrate that during...
Topics
- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Arrestins
- Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2
- Disease Models, Animal
- Drosophila
- Drosophila Proteins
- Enzyme Inhibitors
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Green Fluorescent Proteins
