[Insect proteins transporting hydrophobic substances: Retinoid transport and metabolism essential for the synthesis of visual pigments]

Tanpakushitsu Kakusan Koso. 2008 Feb;53(2):132-8.
[Article in Japanese]
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biological Transport
  • Drosophila melanogaster
  • Humans
  • Insect Proteins / metabolism
  • Insect Proteins / physiology*
  • Pigment Epithelium of Eye / cytology
  • Pigment Epithelium of Eye / metabolism
  • Retinal Pigments / biosynthesis*
  • Retinoids / metabolism*
  • Retinol-Binding Proteins / metabolism
  • Retinol-Binding Proteins / physiology*
  • Rhodopsin / biosynthesis
  • Vision, Ocular / genetics
  • Vision, Ocular / physiology

Substances

  • Insect Proteins
  • Retinal Pigments
  • Retinoids
  • Retinol-Binding Proteins
  • Rhodopsin