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Science 12 October 1984:
Vol. 226. no. 4671, pp. 182 - 184
DOI: 10.1126/science.6091271
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Science, Vol 226, Issue 4671, 182-184
Copyright © 1984 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Rhodopsin kinase activity in the mammalian pineal gland and other tissues

RL Somers and DC Klein

Rhodopsin kinase, an enzyme involved in photochemical transduction in the retina, has been found in the mammalian pineal gland in amounts equal to those in the retina; other tissues had 7 percent of this amount, or less. This finding suggests that, in mammals, rhodopsin kinase functions in the pineal gland and other tissues to phosphorylate rhodopsin-like integral membrane receptors and is thereby involved in signal transduction.


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