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ArticleFEBS letters2013

A Phe-rich region in short-wavelength sensitive opsins is responsible for their aggregation in the absence of 11-cis-retinal.

Tao Zhang, Yingbin Fu

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Article in FEBS letters, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tao ZhangDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA.
Yingbin Fu
University of Utah · US

Funding

Cone opsins in photoreceptor degenerationR01EY022614 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI FU, YINGBIN · 2012 to 2016
$1.9M
NEI NIH HHS EY022614NEI NIH HHS R01 EY022614
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human blue and mouse S-opsin are prone to aggregation in the absence of 11-cis-retinal, which underlie the rapid cone degeneration in human patients and animal models of Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA). By in silico analysis and domain swapping experiments, we show that a Phe-rich region in short-wavelength sensitive (SWS) opsins, but not in medium/long-wavelength sensitive opsins, is responsible for SWS opsin aggregation. Mutagenesis studies suggest that Phe residues in this region are critical in mediating protein aggregation. Fusing the Phe-rich region of SWS opsins to GFP causes the latter to aggregate. Our findings suggest that new therapeutics can be designed to disrupt the Phe-rich region in preventing cone degeneration due to S-opsin aggregation in LCA.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsChlorocebus aethiopsCOS CellsHumansMiceMolecular Sequence DataOpsinsPhenylalanineRetinaldehydeSequence Homology, Amino AcidOpsinsPhenylalanineRetinaldehydeCone degenerationG-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs)Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA)LRATMedium/long-wavelength sensitive opsins (M/LWS)Opsin aggregationRPE65Short-wavelength sensitive opsins (SWS)

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PMID23792161
PMCPMC3758227
OpenAlexW2072171946

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