Abstract
Rod outer segments (ROSs) of vertebrate photoreceptor cells have been reported to contain several enzyme systems including a dark, Ca2+-stimulated ATPase1, a rhodopsin kinase2,3, a phosphodiesterase4,5 and a GTPase6,7, all of which are light-stimulated. Recently, Thacher has found a light-stimulated Mg2+-ATPase in frog ROSs8,9 while our own laboratory has identified a dark, Ca2+-inhibited Mg2+-ATPase in bovine ROSs10–12. Here we extend our observations on the Mg2+-ATPase and demonstrate that flash illumination following the dark ATPase process stimulated ATPase activity at a rate considerably faster than the dark process. In addition, we find that both the dark and light stimulated ATPase activities are markedly enhanced by cyclic GMP and inhibited by Ca2+.
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Borys, T., Uhl, R. & Abrahamson, E. Cyclic GMP stimulation of a light-activated ATPase in rod outer segments. Nature 304, 733–735 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1038/304733a0
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