[Topology of bovine rhodopsin in discal membranes of photoreceptors].

Abstract

A structural model of the bovine rhodopsin in the discal membrane is proposed, based on the data obtained from the proteolytic and BNPS skatole fragments of the protein. The striking features of the model are the presence of seven transmembrane segments and of a large extradiscal peptidic loop and the localisation of the retinal site.