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J Biol Chem
; 265(22): 12955-9, 1990 Aug 05.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2165490
ABSTRACT
A group of cDNA clones encoding the beta-subunit of bovine rod photoreceptor cGMP phosphodiesterase were isolated for structural analysis. The encoded polypeptide has 853 residues with a calculated molecular mass of 98 kDa. The beta-subunit is 72% identical to the rod cGMP phosphodiesterase alpha-subunit. Like the alpha-subunit and the cone alpha'-subunit, the beta-subunit belongs to the family of phosphodiesterase genes. The beta- and alpha-subunits are more similar to each other than either is to the cone alpha'-subunit, suggesting either that the beta- and alpha-subunits diverged more recently or that their divergence was restrained by the rod functional environment.