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Science 331 (6022): 1272-1273

Copyright © 2011 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Rhodopsin as Thermosensor?

Baruch Minke, and Maximilian Peters

How does an organism whose internal temperature varies with ambient temperature—a poikilotherm—sense temperature and choose the right habitat? On page 1333 in this issue, Shen et al. (1) report that temperature discrimination by fly larvae involves the molecule rhodopsin, a molecule known to function in visual sensation. The finding raises questions about different roles for rhodopsin that depend on the cellular context.

Department of Medical Neurobiology, The Institute of Medical Research Israel-Canada (IMRIC) and the Kühne Minerva Center for Studies of Visual Transduction, Faculty of Medicine and the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences (ELSC), The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.

E-mail: baruchm{at}ekmd.huji.ac.il

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