ReviewPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2009
Evolution and the origin of the visual retinoid cycle in vertebrates.
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- Bacterial origin of a key innovation in the evolution of the vertebrate eye.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Article
- Towards a New Biomarker for Diabetic Retinopathy: Exploring RBP3 Structure and Retinoids Binding for Functional Imaging of Eyes In Vivo.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Encoding the Photoreceptors of the Human Eye.Cureus · 2022Review
- The rhodopsin-retinochrome system for retinal re-isomerization predates the origin of cephalopod eyes.BMC ecology and evolution · 2021Article
- Cellular identity and CaScientific reports · 2020Article
- Interphotoreceptor Retinoid-Binding Protein (IRBP) in Retinal Health and Disease.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2020Review
- Single-cell transcriptome profiling of the Ciona larval brain.Developmental biology · 2019Article
- Enhancing Understanding of the Visual Cycle by Applying CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing in Zebrafish.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2018Review
- LRAT-specific domain facilitates vitamin A metabolism by domain swapping in HRASLS3.Nature chemical biology · 2015Article
- Chemistry of the retinoid (visual) cycle.Chemical reviews · 2014Review
- Vitamin A and retinoid signaling: genomic and nongenomic effects.Journal of lipid research · 2013Review
- Eye evolution and its functional basis.Visual neuroscience · 2013Article
- Rod and cone visual pigments and phototransduction through pharmacological, genetic, and physiological approaches.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2012Review
- Origin and evolution of retinoid isomerization machinery in vertebrate visual cycle: hint from jawless vertebrates.PloS one · 2012Article
- The evolution of eyes and visually guided behaviour.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2009Review
- Evolution of vertebrate retinal photoreception.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2009Review
- The evolution of phototransduction and eyes.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2009Article
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Abstract
Absorption of a photon by visual pigments induces isomerization of 11-cis-retinaldehyde (RAL) chromophore to all-trans-RAL. Since the opsins lacking 11-cis-RAL lose light sensitivity, sustained vision requires continuous regeneration of 11-cis-RAL via the process called 'visual cycle'. Protostomes and vertebrates use essentially different machinery of visual pigment regeneration, and the origin and early evolution of the vertebrate visual cycle is an unsolved mystery. Here we compare visual retinoid cycles between different photoreceptors of vertebrates, including rods, cones and non-visual photoreceptors, as well as between vertebrates and invertebrates. The visual cycle systems in ascidians, the closest living relatives of vertebrates, show an intermediate state between vertebrates and non-chordate invertebrates. The ascidian larva may use retinochrome-like opsin as the major isomerase. The entire process of the visual cycle can occur inside the photoreceptor cells with distinct subcellular compartmentalization, although the visual cycle components are also present in surrounding non-photoreceptor cells. The adult ascidian probably uses RPE65 isomerase, and trans-to-cis isomerization may occur in distinct cellular compartments, which is similar to the vertebrate situation. The complete transition to the sophisticated retinoid cycle of vertebrates may have required acquisition of new genes, such as interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein, and functional evolution of the visual cycle genes.
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