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Facts about Short-wave-sensitive opsin 1.
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Human | |
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Gene Name: | OPN1SW |
Uniprot: | P03999 |
Entrez: | 611 |
Belongs to: |
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G-protein coupled receptor 1 family |
BCPBlue cone photoreceptor pigmentBlue-sensitive opsin; BOPshort-wave-sensitive opsin 1; CBT; opsin 1 (cone pigments), short-wave-sensitive
Mass (kDA):
39.135 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 7q32.1 |
Sequence: | 7; NC_000007.14 (128772489..128775790, complement) |
The three color pigments are found in the cone photoreceptor cells.
Membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Photoreceptor inner segment. Cell projection, cilium, photoreceptor outer segment.
PMID: 2937147 by Nathans J., et al. Molecular genetics of human color vision: the genes encoding blue, green, and red pigments.
PMID: 9089077 by Shimmin L.C., et al. Sequences and evolution of human and squirrel monkey blue opsin genes.