Handbook of photosensory receptors [[electronic resource] /] / Winslow R. Briggs, John L. Spudich, eds

• Pubblicazione: Weinheim, : Wiley-VCH, c2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (499 p.)
• Disciplina: 571.6
• Soggetto topico: Photobiology; Photoreceptors; Optical detectors; Cells
• Altri autori: BriggsWinslow R SpudichJohn Lee
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Handbook of Photosensory Receptors; Table of Contents; Preface; List of Authors; 1 Microbial Rhodopsins: Phylogenetic and Functional Diversity; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Archaeal Rhodopsins; 1.3 Clues to Newfound Microbial Rhodopsin Function from Primary Sequence Comparison to Archaeal Rhodopsins; 1.4 Bacterial Rhodopsins; 1.4.1 Green-absorbing Proteorhodopsin ("GPR") from Monterey Bay Surface Plankton; 1.4.2 Blue-absorbing Proteorhodopsin ("BPR") from Hawaiian Deep Sea Plankton; 1.4.3 Anabaena Sensory Rhodopsin; 1.4.4 Other Bacterial Rhodopsins; 1.5 Eukaryotic Microbial Rhodopsins ; 1.5.1 Fungal Rhodopsins1.5.2 Algal Rhodopsins; 1.6 Spectral Tuning; 1.7 A Unified Mechanism for Molecular Function?; 1.8 Opsin-related Proteins without the Retinal-binding Site; 1.9 Perspective; References; 2 Sensory Rhodopsin Signaling in Green Flagellate Algae; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1.1 Retinylidene Receptors; 2.1.2. Physiology of Algal Phototaxis and the Photophobic Response; 2.1.3 Photoelectrical Currents and their Relationship to Swimming Behavior; 2.2 The Photosensory Receptors: CSRA and CSRB; 2.2.1 Genomics, Sequence, and Predicted Structure ; 2.2.2 Cellular Content and Roles in Phototaxis and Photophobic Behavior2.2.3 Molecular Mechanism of Action; 2.3 Other Algae; 2.4 Conclusion and Future Perspectives; Acknowledgements; References; 3 Visual Pigments as Photoreceptors; 3.1 Introduction; 3.1.1 General Considerations; 3.1.2 Photoreceptors and Pigments; 3.1.3 Non-photoreceptor or "Non-rod", "Non-cone" Retinal Pigments; 3.1.4 Retinal Photoisomerases; 3.2 The Unphotolyzed State of Vertebrate Visual Pigments; 3.2.1 Structure of Visual Pigments: the Chromophore; 3.2.2 Overall Topology of the Pigment; 3.2.3 Cytoplasmic Domain ; 3.2.4 The Hydrophobic Core of Rhodopsin and the Retinal Binding Pocket3.2.5 The Extracellular Domain of Rhodopsin; 3.2.6 Structure of Other Visual Pigments; 3.2.7 Protonation State of Some of the Carboxylic Acids of Rhodopsin; 3.2.8 Internal Waters in Visual Pigments; 3.2.9 Is Rhodopsin a Dimer in vivo?; 3.2.10 Functional Properties of the Unphotolyzed State of a "Good" Visual Pigment; 3.2.11 Quantum Efficiency of Visual Pigment Photochemistry; 3.2.12 Dark Noise Originating from the Photoreceptor Pigment; 3.3 Activation of Vertebrate Visual Pigments; 3.3.1 Introduction ; 3.5.3 Required Steps for Photolyzed Octopus Rhodopsin to Activate its G-protein
• Sommario/riassunto: This first complete resource on photosensory receptors from bacteria, plants and animals compiles the data on all known classes of photoreceptors, creating a must-have reference for students and researchers for many years to come. Among the editors are the current and a former president of the American Society for Photobiology.
• Titolo autorizzato: Handbook of photosensory receptors
• ISBN: 1-280-52002-7; 9786610520022; 3-527-60510-X; 3-527-60485-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910830131903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II