visual pigment-like receptor peropsin (rhodopsin homolog retinal pigment epithelium-derived, RRH, rhodopsin homolog RPE-derived)

Function

• may play a role in retinal pigment epithelium physiology either by detecting light directly or by monitoring the concentration of retinoids or other photoreceptor-derived compounds

Structure

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

Compartment

membrane

Expression

• found only in the eye, localized to the retinal pigment epithelium
• in the retinal pigment epithelium, localized to microvilli that surround the photoreceptor outer segments

More general terms

• G-protein coupled receptor; serpentine receptor
• glycoprotein

Database

• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:1069
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/605224
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/O14718.html