green-sensitive opsin; green cone photoreceptor pigment (OPN1MW, GCP)

Function

• component of visual pigment with light absorption (max)=530 nm
• phosphorylated on some or all of the serine & threonine
• residues present in the C-terminal region

Structure

• belongs to the G-protein coupled receptor 1 family opsin subfamily

Compartment

membrane

Expression

• the three color pigments are found in the cone photoreceptor cells

Pathology

• defects in OPN1MW are the cause of partial colorblindness deutan series (deuteranopia)

More general terms

• opsin

Database

• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:2652
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:7284
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/303800
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P04001.html