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Fig. 1. Immunodetection of phosphorylation level of ciliate Pdc and interaction of
Pdc with Gβ
in Blepharisma. The precipitated proteins
with specific antibody against Pdc in lysates from dark-adapted cells (lane
1), light-stimulated cells (lane 2) and cells incubated with okadaic acid
prior to illumination (lane 3) were analyzed by western immunoblotting with
antibodies against phosphoserine (A) or Gβ (B). Lanes 4 and 5 show
immunoblots identifying Gβ
in a whole cell lysate from
Blepharisma and the rod outer segment (ROS) of bovine photoreceptor
cells, respectively (B). The blots are representative of the results of three
independent experiments. Inserted densitometric diagrams show the levels of
Pdc phosphorylation (A) and bound Gβ (B) in lysates from dark-adapted
cells and cells exposed to light or okadaic acid. The levels of Pdc
phosphorylation or bound Gβ in lysate from the control dark-adapted cells
were taken as 100%. Bars represent mean values ± s.e.m. of three
experiments.