UniProt ID: Q9W6A9 |
FUNCTION: Visual pigments are the light-absorbing molecules that mediate vision. They consist of an apoprotein, opsin, covalently linked to cis-retinal. BIOPHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES: Absorption: Abs(max)=355 nm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12618404}; SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Retinal short single cones, outer and inner segments. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10349976}. PTM: Phosphorylated on some or all of the serine and threonine residues present in the C-terminal region. {ECO:0000250}. SIMILARITY: Belongs to the G-protein coupled receptor 1 family. Opsin subfamily. {ECO:0000255|PROSITE-ProRule:PRU00521}. |
This information was provided by UniProt through a collaboration with ZFIN. (1) |