BINDING OF AMARANTHIN IN PHOTORECEPTORS OF MONKEY RETINA

Authors
UEHARA F OHBA N SAMESHIMA M UNOKI K OKUBO A YANAGITA T SUGATA M IWAKIRI N NAKAGAWA S
Citation
F. Uehara et al., BINDING OF AMARANTHIN IN PHOTORECEPTORS OF MONKEY RETINA, Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology, 38(4), 1994, pp. 360-363
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Ophthalmology
Journal title
Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00215155
Volume
38
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
360 - 363
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-5155(1994)38:4<360:BOAIPO>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
The binding of amaranthin, specific for the Gal beta 1,3 GalNAc and Ne uAc alpha 2,3 Gal beta 1,3 GalNAc sequences, to the photoreceptors of the monkey retina was investigated using the avidin-biotinylated perox idase method. Amaranthin bound to the surfaces of both cone and rod ph otoreceptors. This and previous lectin histochemical studies show that O-glycoside linked glycoconjugates are present on the surfaces of bot h cones and rods: Gal beta 1,3 GalNAc and NeuAc a 2,3 Gal beta 1,3 Gal NAc are the terminal sugars of the glycoconjugates around cones and ro ds, respectively.