OPN5

Opsin 5
Identifiers
Symbols OPN5 ; GPR136; GRP136; PGR12; TMEM13
External IDs OMIM: 609042 MGI: 2662912 HomoloGene: 72341 IUPHAR: 161 GeneCards: OPN5 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 221391 353344
Ensembl ENSG00000124818 ENSMUSG00000043972
UniProt Q6U736 Q6VZZ7
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001030051 NM_181753
RefSeq (protein) NP_859528 NP_861418
Location (UCSC) Chr 6:
47.78 – 47.83 Mb
Chr 17:
42.56 – 42.61 Mb
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Neuropsin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OPN5 gene.[1][2][3] It is a photoreceptor protein sensitive to ultraviolet (UV) light. The OPN5 gene was discovered in mouse and human genomes and its mRNA expression was also found in neural tissues. Neuropsin is bistable at 0 °C and activates a UV-sensitive, heterotrimeric G protein Gi-mediated pathway in mammalian and avian tissues.[4][5]

Function

Opsins are members of the G protein-coupled receptor superfamily. Human neuropsin is expressed in the eye, brain, testes, and spinal cord. Neuropsin belongs to the seven-exon subfamily of mammalian opsin genes that includes peropsin (RRH) and retinal G protein coupled receptor (RGR). Neuropsin has different isoforms created by alternative splicing.[3]

Photochemistry

When reconstituted with 11-cis-retinal, mouse and human neuropsins absorb maximally at 380 nm. When illuminated these neuropsins are converted into blue-absorbing photoproducts (470 nm), which are stable in the dark. The photoproducts are converted back to the UV-absorbing form, when they are illuminated with orange light (> 520 nm).[4]

Phylogeny

The neuropsins constitute one of the four subclades of the Go/RGR group of opsins, also known as RGR/Go or Group 4. Go/RGR is one of the four major subclades of type-II opsins, also known as metazoan or animal opsins. Go/RGR comprises Go-coupled, RGR, peropsins, and neuropsins. Type-II opsins comprise four subclades: C-opsins (ciliary), R-opsins (rhabdomeric), Cnidops (cnidarian), and Go/RGR. Three of these subclades occur only in Bilateria (all but Cnidops). However, the bilaterian clades constitute a parphyletic taxon without Cnidops.[6][7]

Occurrence

Neuropsin and its orthologs have been found experimentally in a small number of animals, among them human, house mouse (Mus musculus),[1] chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus),[5][8] the Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica),[9] the European brittle star Amphiura filiformis (related to starfish),[10] and the tardigrade water bear (Hypsibius dujardini).[11]

Searches of publicly available databases of genetic sequences have found putative neuropsin orthologs in both major branches of Bilateria: protostomes and deuterostomes. Among protostomes, putative neuropsins have been found in the molluscs owl limpet (Lottia gigantea) (a species of sea snail) and Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas), in the water flea (Daphnia pulex) (an arthropod), and in the annelid worm Capitella teleta.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 Tarttelin EE, Bellingham J, Hankins MW, Foster RG, Lucas RJ (Nov 2003). "Neuropsin (Opn5): a novel opsin identified in mammalian neural tissue". FEBS Letters 554 (3): 410–6. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(03)01212-2. PMID 14623103.
  2. Fredriksson R, Höglund PJ, Gloriam DE, Lagerström MC, Schiöth HB (Nov 2003). "Seven evolutionarily conserved human rhodopsin G protein-coupled receptors lacking close relatives". FEBS Letters 554 (3): 381–8. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(03)01196-7. PMID 14623098.
  3. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: OPN5 opsin 5".
  4. 1 2 Kojima D, Mori S, Torii M, Wada A, Morishita R, Fukada Y (2011). "UV-sensitive photoreceptor protein OPN5 in humans and mice". PLOS ONE 6 (10): e26388. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026388. PMC 3197025. PMID 22043319.
  5. 1 2 Yamashita, T.; Ohuchi, H.; Tomonari, S.; Ikeda, K.; Sakai, K.; Shichida, Y. (6 December 2010). "Opn5 is a UV-sensitive bistable pigment that couples with Gi subtype of G protein". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (51): 22084–22089. doi:10.1073/pnas.1012498107.
  6. Porter ML, Blasic JR, Bok MJ, Cameron EG, Pringle T, Cronin TW, Robinson PR (Jan 2012). "Shedding new light on opsin evolution". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279 (1726): 3–14. doi:10.1098/rspb.2011.1819. PMC 3223661. PMID 22012981.
  7. Liegertová M, Pergner J, Kozmiková I, Fabian P, Pombinho AR, Strnad H, Pačes J, Vlček Č, Bartůněk P, Kozmik Z (2015). "Cubozoan genome illuminates functional diversification of opsins and photoreceptor evolution". Scientific Reports 5: 11885. doi:10.1038/srep11885. PMID 26154478.
  8. Tomonari S, Migita K, Takagi A, Noji S, Ohuchi H (Jul 2008). "Expression patterns of the opsin 5-related genes in the developing chicken retina". Developmental Dynamics 237 (7): 1910–22. doi:10.1002/dvdy.21611. PMID 18570255.
  9. Nakane Y, Ikegami K, Ono H, Yamamoto N, Yoshida S, Hirunagi K, Ebihara S, Kubo Y, Yoshimura T (Aug 2010). "A mammalian neural tissue opsin (Opsin 5) is a deep brain photoreceptor in birds". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107 (34): 15264–8. doi:10.1073/pnas.1006393107. PMID 20679218.
  10. Delroisse J, Ullrich-Lüter E, Ortega-Martinez O, Dupont S, Arnone MI, Mallefet J, Flammang P (2014). "High opsin diversity in a non-visual infaunal brittle star". BMC Genomics 15 (1): 1035. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-15-1035. PMID 25429842.
  11. 1 2 Hering L, Mayer G (Sep 2014). "Analysis of the opsin repertoire in the tardigrade Hypsibius dujardini provides insights into the evolution of opsin genes in panarthropoda". Genome Biology and Evolution 6 (9): 2380–91. doi:10.1093/gbe/evu193. PMID 25193307.

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