The trafficking of bacterial type rhodopsins into the Chlamydomonas eyespot and flagella is IFT mediated.

ABSTRACT: The bacterial type rhodopsins are present in all the three domains of life. In contrast to the animal type rhodopsin that performs mainly sensory functions in higher eukaryotes, the bacterial type rhodopsin could function as ion channel, pumps and as sensory proteins. The functioning of rhodopsin in higher eukaryotes requires the transport of rhodopsin from its site of synthesis to the ciliated outer segment of the photoreceptive cells. However, the trafficking of bacterial type rhodopsin from its site of synthesis to the position of action is not characterized. Here we present the first report for the existence of an IFT-interactome mediated trafficking of the bacterial type rhodopsins into eyespot and flagella of the Chlamydomonas. We show that there is a light-dependent, dynamic localiz

SUBMITTER: Awasthi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5046144 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature