Diacylglycerol activates the light-dependent channel TRP in the photosensitive microvilli of Drosophila melanogaster photoreceptors.

Delgado, Ricardo; Muñoz, Yorka; Peña-Cortés, Hugo; Giavalisco, Patrick; Bacigalupo, Juan

Delgado, Ricardo; Muñoz, Yorka; Peña-Cortés, Hugo; Giavalisco, Patrick; Bacigalupo, Juan.

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Delgado R; Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Chile, 7800024 Santiago, Chile, Biotechnology Center D. Alkalay L., Technical University Federico Santa María, 2340000 Valparaíso, Chile, and Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, 14776 Potsdam, Germany.

J Neurosci ; 34(19): 6679-86, 2014 May 07.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24806693

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Diglycerides/pharmacology; Drosophila Proteins/drug effects; Membrane Proteins/drug effects; Microvilli/drug effects; Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate/drug effects; Adaptation, Ocular; Adenosine Triphosphate/pharmacology; Animals; Darkness; Diacylglycerol Kinase/metabolism; Enzyme Activation/drug effects; Fatty Acids, Unsaturated/metabolism; Light; Lipid Metabolism/drug effects; Lipid Metabolism/physiology; Membranes/physiology; Protons

Key words

Drosophila; TRP; diacylglycerol; microvilli; photoreceptors; phototransduction

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate / Drosophila Proteins / Diglycerides / Membrane Proteins / Microvilli Language: En Journal: J Neurosci Year: 2014 Type: Article Affiliation country: Germany

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