First, it serves to phagocytize and degrade proteins and lipids shed by photoreceptor OS discs, and second, it recycles the vitamin A chromophore necessary
for the phototransduction cascade.
Not exact matches
Probing further, the authors of the study also revealed that Aipl1 is critical
for the stability of two enzymes — the cGMP - phosphodiesterase 6 and the guanylate cyclase — which mediate
phototransduction, the process of converting light into an electrical signal.
Probing further, the authors of the study also revealed that Aipl1 is critical
for the stability of two enzymes — the cGMP - phosphodiesterase 6 and the guanylate cyclase - which mediate
phototransduction, the process of converting light into an electrical signal.
Dr. Zuker is known
for his work in sensory neuroscience, including mechanisms of
phototransduction, mechanotransduction, and more recently taste.