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SUBMITTER: Plana-Bonamaiso A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7176436 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Plana-Bonamaisó Anna A López-Begines Santiago S Fernández-Justel David D Junza Alexandra A Soler-Tapia Ariadna A Andilla Jordi J Loza-Alvarez Pablo P Rosa Jose Luis JL Miralles Esther E Casals Isidre I Yanes Oscar O de la Villa Pedro P Buey Ruben M RM Méndez Ana A
eLife 20200407
We report the in vivo regulation of Inosine-5´-monophosphate dehydrogenase 1 (IMPDH1) in the retina. IMPDH1 catalyzes the rate-limiting step in the de novo synthesis of guanine nucleotides, impacting the cellular pools of GMP, GDP and GTP. Guanine nucleotide homeostasis is central to photoreceptor cells, where cGMP is the signal transducing molecule in the light response. Mutations in IMPDH1 lead to inherited blindness. We unveil a light-dependent phosphorylation of retinal IMPDH1 at Thr<sup>159 ...[more]