Carboxyl methylation and farnesylation of transducin gamma-subunit synergistically enhance its coupling with metarhodopsin II.

Hiroshi Ohguro, Yoshitaka Fukada, Toshifumi Takao, +3

The EMBO Journal

Metarhodopsin IiBiosynthesisBioorganic ChemistryBiotransformationBiochemistry +6

Cone visual pigments are present in gecko rod cells.

Daisuke Kojima, Takayuki Okano, Yoshitaka Fukada, +3

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

BiologyPhotoreceptor CellCone Visual PigmentsOphthalmologyNatural Sciences +10

Effects of carboxyl methylation of photoreceptor G protein gamma-subunit in visual transduction.

Yoshitaka Fukada, Tomoki Matsuda, Koichi Kokame, +4

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Molecular BiologyVisual TransductionChemical BiologyOptogeneticsRetina +15

βγ-Subunit of Bovine Transducin Composed of Two Components with Distinctive γ-Subunits

Yoshitaka Fukada, Hiroshi Ohguro, Tetsuichiro Saito, +2

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Characterization of interactions between transducin alpha/beta gamma-subunits and lipid membranes.

Tomoki Matsuda, Toshifumi Takao, Yasutsugu Shimonishi, +4

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Proteinlipid InteractionMolecular BiologyLipid MovementMembrane TransportCell Signaling +16

Photoisomerization mechanism of the rhodopsin chromophore: picosecond photolysis of pigment containing 11-cis-locked eight-membered ring retinal.

T. Mizukami, Hideki Kandori, Yoshinori Shichida, +6

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Photoreceptor CellRetinaOphthalmologyPhotochemistryBiochemistry +13

A new pathway in the photoreaction cycle of trans-bacteriorhodopsin and the absorption spectra of its intermediates

Takeshi Iwasa, Fuminori Tokunaga, T. Yoshizawa

European Biophysics Journal

Absorption SpectraPhotochemistryBiochemistryPhotosystemsMedicine +9

Purification of four forms of the beta gamma subunit complex of G proteins containing different gamma subunits.

Taku Asano, Rika Morishita, Tomoki Matsuda, +3

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Quantitative MR imaging study of intravitreal sustained release of VEGF in rabbits.

N. Alikacem, T. Yoshizawa, K D Nelson, +1

PubMed

Light-Induced Reaction of Halorhodopsin Prepared under Low Salt Conditions1

Tarou Ogurusu, Akio Maeda, Norihiro Sasaki, +1

The Journal of Biochemistry