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Spectral tuning and signaling of diverse and far red-sensitive rhodopsins in mantis shrimp eyes.

Camille Brouillon, Alina Pushkarev, Marjorie A Liénard, Songhwan Hwang, Arno Munhoven, Richard McDowell, Robert J Lucas, Megan Porter, Han Sun, Peter Hegemann

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Camille BrouillonInstitut für Biologie, Experimentelle Biophysik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10115 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0009-0005-8529-5681
Alina PushkarevInstitut für Biologie, Experimentelle Biophysik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10115 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5536-9193
Marjorie A LiénardGIGA Institute, University of Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-3193-3666
Songhwan HwangInstitut für Biologie, Experimentelle Biophysik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10115 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4323-1450
Arno MunhovenInstitut für Biologie, Experimentelle Biophysik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10115 Berlin, Germany.
Richard McDowellCentre for Biological Timing, Department of Neuroscience, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6051-106X
Robert J LucasCentre for Biological Timing, Department of Neuroscience, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1088-8029
Megan PorterSchool of Life Sciences, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7985-2887
Han SunLeibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie, Berlin 13125, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1655-0838
Peter HegemannInstitut für Biologie, Experimentelle Biophysik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10115 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3589-6452

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Abstract

Stomatopod crustaceans (mantis shrimps) have extraordinary eyes with unmatched visual rhodopsin diversity, but their potential for broad color detection remains unclear. Here, we report that 17 rhodopsins, mostly from the midband eye region, are involved in color sensing and functionally diverse signaling via Gq/Gi coupling and describe the underlying mechanisms of spectral tuning. Two mid-wavelength rhodopsins preferentially absorb blue light and a majority of long-wavelength opsins absorb in the green range, but three absorb light beyond 600 nanometers, representing exquisite far red-sensitive animal rhodopsins. Several blue and red rhodopsins exhibit photoreversibility with opposite spectral shifts explained by retinal binding interactions, revealing unrecognized photochemical flexibility in stomatopod photoreception. Row-specific spectral sensitivity results from combining carotenoid filters with multiple individually tuned rhodopsins, altogether extending broad vision to the far-red spectrum.

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CrustaceaEyeRhodopsinSignal TransductionAnimalsBlue LightRed LightRhodopsin

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PMID42873850
PMCPMC13666058

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