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Science 24 June 2005:
Vol. 308. no. 5730, pp. 1931 - 1934
DOI: 10.1126/science.1109886
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Elementary Response of Olfactory Receptor Neurons to Odorants
Vikas Bhandawat,*
Johannes Reisert,
King-Wai Yau*
Signaling by heterotrimeric GTP-binding proteins (G proteins) drives numerous cellular processes. The number of G protein molecules activated by a single membrane receptor is a determinant of signal amplification, although in most cases this parameter remains unknown. In retinal rod photoreceptors, a long-lived photoisomerized rhodopsin molecule activates many G protein molecules (transducins), yielding substantial amplification and a large elementary (single-photon) response, before rhodopsin activity is terminated. Here we report that the elementary response in olfactory transduction is extremely small. A ligand-bound odorant receptor has a low probability of activating even one G protein molecule because the odorant dwell-time is very brief. Thus, signal amplification in olfactory transduction appears fundamentally different from that of phototransduction.
Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. Room 907 Preclinical Teaching Building, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. E-mail: vbhanda{at}mail.jhmi.edu (V.B.); kwyau{at}mail.jhmi.edu (K.-W.Y.)
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