Rethinking Opsins
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION(2022)
Abstract
Opsins, the protein moieties of animal visual photo-pigments, have emerged as moonlighting proteins with diverse, light-dependent and -independent physiological functions. This raises the need to revise some basic assumptions concerning opsin expression, structure, classification, and evolution.
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Key words
sensory transduction,photosensitivity,vision,moonlighting proteins,G protein-coupled receptors,sensory cell evolution
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