OPN1LW

Opsin 1 (cone pigments), long-wave-sensitive
Available structures PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB List of PDB id codes 1KPX​
Identifiers
Symbols	OPN1LW ; CBBM; CBP; COD5; RCP; ROP
External IDs	OMIM: 300822 MGI: 1097692 HomoloGene: 68064 GeneCards: OPN1LW Gene
Gene ontology Molecular function • G-protein coupled receptor activity • photoreceptor activity Cellular component • integral component of plasma membrane • photoreceptor outer segment membrane Biological process • retinoid metabolic process • signal transduction • G-protein coupled receptor signaling pathway • visual perception • phototransduction, visible light • protein-chromophore linkage • positive regulation of cytokinesis Sources: Amigo / QuickGO
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	5956	14539
Ensembl	ENSG00000102076	ENSMUSG00000031394
UniProt	P04000	O35599
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_020061	NM_008106
RefSeq (protein)	NP_064445	NP_032132
Location (UCSC)	Chr X: 154.14 – 154.16 Mb	Chr X: 74.13 – 74.15 Mb
PubMed search

Red-sensitive opsin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OPN1LW gene.^[1]

Function

This gene encodes for a light absorbing visual pigment of the opsin gene family. The encoded protein is called red cone photopigment or long-wavelength sensitive opsin (LWS opsin or L opsin). Contrary to popular belief, the human red-sensitive opsin's peak response is not in the red region of the visual spectrum; its peak sensitivity is 560 nm, which corresponds to a "yellowish-green" color, i.e. between green (530 nm) and yellow (580 nm).^[2] Its name as the "red" opsin reflects the fact that it is more sensitive to red than the other two human opsins. The red opsin also has a secondary response in the violet high frequencies.^[3]

Opsins are G-protein coupled receptors with seven transmembrane domains, an N-terminal extracellular domain, and a C-terminal cytoplasmic domain. This gene and the medium-wavelength opsin gene are tandemly arrayed on the X chromosome and frequent unequal recombination and gene conversion may occur between these sequences. X chromosomes may have fusions of the medium- and long-wavelength opsin genes or may have more than one copy of these genes. Defects in this gene are the cause of partial, protanopic colorblindness.^[1]

See also

• Opsin

References

1. "Entrez Gene: OPN1LW opsin 1 (cone pigments), long-wave-sensitive (color blindness, protan)".
2. Solomon SG, Lennie P (2007). "The machinery of colour vision". Nat. Rev. Neurosci. 8 (4): 276–86. doi:10.1038/nrn2094. PMID 17375040.
3. "Mathpages".

Further reading

• Applebury ML, Hargrave PA (1986). "Molecular biology of the visual pigments". Vision Res. 26 (12): 1881–95. doi:10.1016/0042-6989(86)90115-X. PMID 3303660.
• Winderickx J, Lindsey DT, Sanocki E, Teller DY, Motulsky AG, Deeb SS (1992). "Polymorphism in red photopigment underlies variation in colour matching". Nature 356 (6368): 431–3. doi:10.1038/356431a0. PMID 1557123.
• Dietrich A, Korn B, Poustka A (1992). "Completion of the physical map of Xq28: the location of the gene for L1CAM on the human X chromosome". Mamm. Genome 3 (3): 168–72. doi:10.1007/BF00352462. PMID 1617223.
• Arveiler B, Vincent A, Mandel JL (1989). "Toward a physical map of the Xq28 region in man: linking color vision, G6PD, and coagulation factor VIII genes to an X-Y homology region". Genomics 4 (4): 460–71. doi:10.1016/0888-7543(89)90269-3. PMID 2501212.
• Nathans J, Thomas D, Hogness DS (1986). "Molecular genetics of human color vision: the genes encoding blue, green, and red pigments". Science 232 (4747): 193–202. doi:10.1126/science.2937147. PMID 2937147.
• Adams MD, Kerlavage AR, Fleischmann RD, Fuldner RA, Bult CJ, Lee NH, Kirkness EF, Weinstock KG, Gocayne JD, White O (1995). "Initial assessment of human gene diversity and expression patterns based upon 83 million nucleotides of cDNA sequence" (PDF). Nature 377 (6547 Suppl): 3–174. PMID 7566098.
• Li ZY, Kljavin IJ, Milam AH (1995). "Rod photoreceptor neurite sprouting in retinitis pigmentosa". J. Neurosci. 15 (8): 5429–38. PMID 7643192.
• Chen J, Tucker CL, Woodford B, Szél A, Lem J, Gianella-Borradori A, Simon MI, Bogenmann E (1994). "The human blue opsin promoter directs transgene expression in short-wave cones and bipolar cells in the mouse retina". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 91 (7): 2611–5. doi:10.1073/pnas.91.7.2611. PMC 43419. PMID 8146162.
• Nathans J, Maumenee IH, Zrenner E, Sadowski B, Sharpe LT, Lewis RA, Hansen E, Rosenberg T, Schwartz M, Heckenlively JR (1993). "Genetic heterogeneity among blue-cone monochromats". Am. J. Hum. Genet. 53 (5): 987–1000. PMC 1682301. PMID 8213841.
• Ladekjaer-Mikkelsen AS, Rosenberg T, Jørgensen AL (1996). "A new mechanism in blue cone monochromatism". Hum. Genet. 98 (4): 403–8. doi:10.1007/s004390050229. PMID 8792812.
• Ferreira PA, Nakayama TA, Pak WL, Travis GH (1996). "Cyclophilin-related protein RanBP2 acts as chaperone for red/green opsin". Nature 383 (6601): 637–40. doi:10.1038/383637a0. PMID 8857542.
• Voegel JJ, Heine MJ, Tini M, Vivat V, Chambon P, Gronemeyer H (1998). "The coactivator TIF2 contains three nuclear receptor-binding motifs and mediates transactivation through CBP binding-dependent and -independent pathways". EMBO J. 17 (2): 507–19. doi:10.1093/emboj/17.2.507. PMC 1170401. PMID 9430642.
• Zhao Z, Hewett-Emmett D, Li WH (1998). "Frequent gene conversion between human red and green opsin genes". J. Mol. Evol. 46 (4): 494–6. doi:10.1007/PL00013147. PMID 9541545.
• Nakayama TA, Zhang W, Cowan A, Kung M (1998). "Mutagenesis studies of human red opsin: trp-281 is essential for proper folding and protein-retinal interactions". Biochemistry 37 (50): 17487–94. doi:10.1021/bi982077u. PMID 9860863.
• John SK, Smith JE, Aguirre GD, Milam AH (2000). "Loss of cone molecular markers in rhodopsin-mutant human retinas with retinitis pigmentosa". Mol. Vis. 6: 204–15. PMID 11063754.
• Ueyama H, Kuwayama S, Imai H, Tanabe S, Oda S, Nishida Y, Wada A, Shichida Y, Yamade S (2002). "Novel missense mutations in red/green opsin genes in congenital color-vision deficiencies". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 294 (2): 205–9. doi:10.1016/S0006-291X(02)00458-8. PMID 12051694.
• Fitzgerald KA, Rowe DC, Barnes BJ, Caffrey DR, Visintin A, Latz E, Monks B, Pitha PM, Golenbock DT (2003). "LPS-TLR4 signaling to IRF-3/7 and NF-kappaB involves the toll adapters TRAM and TRIF". J. Exp. Med. 198 (7): 1043–55. doi:10.1084/jem.20031023. PMC 2194210. PMID 14517278.
• Long J, Wang G, Matsuura I, He D, Liu F (2004). "Activation of Smad transcriptional activity by protein inhibitor of activated STAT3 (PIAS3)". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 (1): 99–104. doi:10.1073/pnas.0307598100. PMC 314145. PMID 14691252.

External links

• GeneReviews/NIH/NCBI/UW entry on Red-Green Color Vision Defects

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.