Abstract
Rhodopsin from squid photoreceptor membranes was solubilized in octyl glucoside and purified to a single band on SDS-polyacrylamide gels of M r 46 000. Purified rhodopsin was recombined with phospholipids to form vesicles by detergent dialysis. Spectroscopic analysis of the rhodopsin-lipid vesicles showed that the interconversion between acid and basic metarhodopsin had a pK of 8. Furthermore, rhodopsin in the vesicles could be photoregenerated from metarhodopsin in solutions of either neutral or alkaline pH. These two spectroscopic properties are comparable to those for rhodopsin in photoreceptor membranes. The results indicate that the native conformation of rhodopsin is preserved during purification and after recombination with phospholipids into vesicles. This preparation is, therefore, an active starting point for functional reconstitution studies.
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