Abstract
Phosphatidylinositol phosphodiesterase activity was found to be entirely absent in the head of the Drosophila visual mutant, norpA. It was also demonstrated that the enzyme activity was highly concentrated in the retinular cells of a normal head. Furthermore, the enzyme was revealed to be in a membrane bound form. In view of the present results and our previous work on the reduction of diacylglycerol kinase activity in the norpA mutant, phosphatidylinositol metabolism may play an important role in the generation of photoreceptor potentials.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1251-1254 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of Biochemistry |
| Volume | 97 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 1985 Apr |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
- Applied Mathematics
- Physiology (medical)
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
- Molecular Biology
- Biochemistry
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Yoshioka, T., Inoue, H., & Hotta, Y. (1985). Absence of phosphatidylinositol phosphodiesterase in the head of a Drosophila visual mutant, norpA (no receptor potential A). Journal of Biochemistry, 97(4), 1251-1254.