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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 103, Issue 1 157-166, Copyright © 1992 by Company of Biologists

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Tubulin in bovine retinal rod outer segments

DF Matesic, NJ Philp, JM Murray and PA Liebman
Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.

Bovine rod outer segment (ROS) preparations contain a major 58 kDa protein doublet that was identified by immunoblot as tubulin. Quantification by gel densitometry showed that the total amount of tubulin was 5- to 10-fold higher than that attributable to the rod axoneme, suggesting additional role(s) for tubulin in photoreceptor cells. Approximately 20% of this nonaxonemal tubulin (15% of total tubulin) is tightly associated with outer segment membranes. This fraction remains membrane-associated after extensive low- or high-salt washing, requiring detergents or protein denaturants for release from ROS membranes. Unlike ROS soluble tubulin it associates tightly with liposomes upon detergent solubilization and reconstitution. The ROS membrane-associated tubulin is highly enriched in isolated ROS plasma membrane fractions compared to the total outer segment membrane pool and can be localized to the plasma membrane but not to disks by immunofluorescent staining, suggesting a possible role in the structure or electrophysiology of the rod outer segment plasma membrane.


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