medium-wave-sensitive opsin 2; Opsin 1 cone pigments medium-wave-sensitive 2 (OPN1MW2)

Function

• an opsin (visual pigment mediating vision) covalently linked to cis-retinal
• phosphorylated on some or all of the Ser & Thr present in the C-terminal region

Structure

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

Compartment

• cell membrane; multi-pass membrane protein

Notes

• medium-wave-sensitive opsin genes vary in number among individuals &, together with a single red pigment gene, reside in a head-to-tail tandem array within the X chromosome
• in the GRCh38 reference genome assembly, there are 3 genes in tandem coding for identical proteins AC P04001, AC P0DN77 & P0DN78

More general terms

• opsin

Additional terms

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

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=101060
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=2652
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=728458
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P0DN77.html