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ArticleFASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology2022

Acyl-CoA:wax alcohol acyltransferase 2 modulates the cone visual cycle in mouse retina.

Made Airanthi K Widjaja-Adhi, Alexander V Kolesnikov, Sreelakshmi Vasudevan, Paul S-H Park, Vladimir J Kefalov, Marcin Golczak

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Article in FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Advances and therapeutic opportunities in visual cycle modulation.Progress in retinal and eye research · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Made Airanthi K Widjaja-AdhiDepartment of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Alexander V KolesnikovDepartment of Ophthalmology, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, University of California, Irvine, California, USA.
Sreelakshmi VasudevanDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Paul S-H ParkDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Vladimir J KefalovDepartment of Ophthalmology, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, University of California, Irvine, California, USA.
Marcin GolczakDepartment of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

Funding

TISSUE CULTURE AND HYBRIDOMA MODULEP30EY011373 · NEI · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI Irina A Pikuleva · 1997 to 2026
$17.7M
Regulation of vitamin A metabolism in the eyeR01EY023948 · NEI · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI GOLCZAK, MARCIN BERNARD · 2014 to 2023
$3.8M
Opsin signaling in mammalian rod photoreceptorsR01EY030912 · NEI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI KEFALOV, VLADIMIR JIVKOV, PALCZEWSKI, KRZYSZTOF · 2020 to 2023
$1.6M
PIGMENT DEPHOSPHORYLATION IN MAMMALIAN ROD AND CONE PHOTORECEPTORSR01EY025696 · NEI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI KEFALOV, VLADIMIR JIVKOV · 2016 to 2019
$1.5M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY011373NEI NIH HHS R01 EY023948NEI NIH HHS R01 EY025696NEI NIH HHS R01 EY030912
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The daylight and color vision of diurnal vertebrates depends on cone photoreceptors. The capability of cones to operate and respond to changes in light brightness even under high illumination is attributed to their fast rate of recovery to the ground photosensitive state. This process requires the rapid replenishing of photoisomerized visual chromophore (11-cis-retinal) to regenerate cone visual pigments. Recently, several gene candidates have been proposed to contribute to the cone-specific retinoid metabolism, including acyl-CoA wax alcohol acyltransferase 2 (AWAT2, aka MFAT). Here, we evaluated the role of AWAT2 in the regeneration of visual chromophore by the phenotypic characterization of Awat2

Indexed as

Retinal Cone Photoreceptor CellsRetinal Rod Photoreceptor CellsAcyl Coenzyme AAcyltransferasesAnimalsMiceRetinaRetinaldehydeAcyl Coenzyme AAcyltransferasesAWAT2 protein, mouseethanol acyltransferaseRetinaldehydeAWAT2cone visual cycledark adaptationMFATvisual chromophore

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PMID35665537
PMCPMC9205179

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