ReviewProceedings. Biological sciences2012
Shedding new light on opsin evolution.
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- The expression of opsins in the human skin and its implications for photobiomodulation: A Systematic Review.Photodermatology, photoimmunology & photomedicine · 2020Pooled it
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- Multiple opsin expression in cubozoan ocelli indicates functional redundancy.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Functional diversification process of opsin genes for teleost visual and pineal photoreceptions.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2024Article
- Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Spectral Shift in Zebrafish Cone Opsins.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- A chromosome-level genome assembly of the disco clam, Ctenoides ales.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2024Article
- Expansion and Functional Diversification of Long-Wavelength-Sensitive Opsin in Anabantoid Fishes.Journal of molecular evolution · 2024Article
- Morphological and dietary changes encoded in the genome ofNAR genomics and bioinformatics · 2024Article
- Secondary not subordinate: Opsin localization suggests possibility for color sensitivity in salticid secondary eyes.Vision research · 2024Article
- Diaci v3.0: chromosome-level assembly, de novo transcriptome, and manual annotation of Diaphorina citri, insect vector of Huanglongbing.GigaScience · 2024Article
- Opsin expression varies across larval development and taxa in pteriomorphian bivalves.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Article
- Molluscan Genomes Reveal Extensive Differences in Photopigment Evolution Across the Phylum.Molecular biology and evolution · 2023Article
- Photobehaviours guided by simple photoreceptor systems.Animal cognition · 2023Review
- Putative photosensitivity in internal light organs (organs of Pesta) of deep-sea sergestid shrimps.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Nematostella vectensis exemplifies the exceptional expansion and diversity of opsins in the eyeless Hexacorallia.EvoDevo · 2023Article
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Abstract
Opsin proteins are essential molecules in mediating the ability of animals to detect and use light for diverse biological functions. Therefore, understanding the evolutionary history of opsins is key to understanding the evolution of light detection and photoreception in animals. As genomic data have appeared and rapidly expanded in quantity, it has become possible to analyse opsins that functionally and histologically are less well characterized, and thus to examine opsin evolution strictly from a genetic perspective. We have incorporated these new data into a large-scale, genome-based analysis of opsin evolution. We use an extensive phylogeny of currently known opsin sequence diversity as a foundation for examining the evolutionary distributions of key functional features within the opsin clade. This new analysis illustrates the lability of opsin protein-expression patterns, site-specific functionality (i.e. counterion position) and G-protein binding interactions. Further, it demonstrates the limitations of current model organisms, and highlights the need for further characterization of many of the opsin sequence groups with unknown function.
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