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85-455: 5956 14539 ENSG00000102076 ENSMUSG00000031394 P04000 O35599 NM_020061 NM_008106 NP_064445 NP_032132 OPN1LW is a gene on the X chromosome that encodes for long wave sensitive (LWS) opsin , or red cone photopigment . It is responsible for perception of visible light in the yellow-green range on the visible spectrum (around 500-570nm). The gene contains 6 exons with variability that induces shifts in
170-714: A beta-carotene 15,15'-monooxygenase or a beta-carotene 15,15'-dioxygenase. Just as carotenoids are the precursors of retinal, retinal is the precursor of the other forms of vitamin A. Retinal is interconvertible with retinol , the transport and storage form of vitamin A: catalyzed by retinol dehydrogenases (RDHs) and alcohol dehydrogenases (ADHs). Retinol is called vitamin A alcohol or, more often, simply vitamin A. Retinal can also be oxidized to retinoic acid : catalyzed by retinal dehydrogenases also known as retinaldehyde dehydrogenases (RALDHs) as well as retinal oxidases . Retinoic acid, sometimes called vitamin A acid ,
255-514: A paraphyletic taxon without the opsins from the cnidarians . The nessopsins are also known as anthozoan opsins II or simply as the cnidarian opsins. The tetraopsins are also known as RGR/Go or Group 4 opsins and contain three subgroups: the neuropsins , the Go-opsins, and the chromopsins. The chromopsins have seven subgroups: the RGR-opsins , the retinochromes , the peropsins ,
340-550: A trichromatic species, our vision was dichromatic and consisted of only the OPN1LW and OPN1SW genes. OPN1LW is thought to have undergone a duplication event that lead to an extra copy of the gene, which then evolved independently to become OPN1MW. OPN1LW and OPN1MW share almost all of their DNA sequences, whereas OPN1LW and OPN1SW share less than half, suggesting that the long wave and medium wave genes diverged from each other much more recently than with OPN1SW. The emergence of OPN1MW
425-512: A Gq-protein. Rhabopsins are used by molluscs and arthropods. Arthropods appear to attain colour vision in a similar fashion to the vertebrates, by using three (or more) distinct groups of opsins, distinct both in terms of phylogeny and spectral sensitivity. The rhabopsin melanopsin is also expressed in vertebrates, where it regulates circadian rhythms and mediates the pupillary reflex. Unlike cilopsins, rhabopsins are associated with canonical transient receptor potential ion channels; these lead to
510-440: A certain type of crossover, which can result in many different gene abnormalities. Crossover in regions between OPN1LW and OPN1MW genes can produce chromosome products with extra OPN1LW or OPN1MW genes on one chromosome and reduced OPN1LW or OPN1MW genes on the other chromosome. If crossover occurs within the misaligned genes of OPN1LW and OPN1MW, then a new array will be produced on each chromosome consisting of only partial pieces of
595-522: A chemical signaling cascade, which results in perception of light or images by the brain. The absorbance spectrum of the chromophore depends on its interactions with the opsin protein to which it is bound, so that different retinal-opsin complexes will absorb photons of different wavelengths (i.e., different colors of light). Retinal is bound to opsins , which are G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Opsins, like other GPCRs, have seven transmembrane alpha-helices connected by six loops. They are found in
680-407: A common numbering scheme for G-protein-coupled receptors. The number before the period is the number of the transmembrane domain. The number after the period is set arbitrarily to 50 for the most conserved residue in that transmembrane domain among GPCRs known in 1995. For instance in the seventh transmembrane domain, the proline in the highly conserved NPxxY motif is Pro , the asparagine before
765-528: A fourth group the panopsins, which thus are paralogous to the TMT-opsins. TMT-opsins and panopsins also share the same introns , which confirms that they belong together. Cnidaria , which include jellyfish, corals, and sea anemones , are the most basal animals to possess complex eyes. Jellyfish opsins in the rhopalia couple to Gs-proteins raising the intracellular cAMP level. Coral opsins can couple to Gq-proteins and Gc-proteins. Gc-proteins are
850-435: A gluopsin, could still be light sensitive, since in cattle rhodopsin, the retinal binding lysine can be shifted from position 296 to other positions, even into other transmembrane domains, without changing light sensitivity. In the phylogeny above, each clade contains sequences from opsins and other G protein-coupled receptors. The number of sequences and two pie charts are shown next to the clade. The first pie chart shows
935-529: A non- chlorophyll -based pathway. Beside that, halorhodopsins of Halobacteria and channelrhodopsins of some algae, e.g. Volvox , serve them as light-gated ion channels , amongst others also for phototactic purposes. Sensory rhodopsins exist in Halobacteria that induce a phototactic response by interacting with transducer membrane-embedded proteins that have no relation to G proteins. 11-cis retinal Retinal (also known as retinaldehyde )
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#17327808810081020-440: A phototransduction cascade but to work as photoisomerases to produce 11- cis -retinal for other opsins. This view is considered established in the opsin literature, even so it has not been shown, conclusively. In fact, the human MT2 melatonin receptor signals via a G-protein and has an NAxxY motif natively. If this motif is mutated to NPxxY (Ala → Pro ), the receptor cannot be activated, but can be rescued partially if
1105-404: A result, several studies have found evidence of a possible phylogenetic relationship between the two. However, this does not necessarily mean that the last common ancestor of microbial and animal opsins was itself light sensitive: All animal opsins arose (by gene duplication and divergence) late in the history of the large G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) gene family , which itself arose after
1190-487: A rod-specific opsin, taking the lead in supporting nocturnal and crepuscular (dawn and dusk) activity. Despite the loss of RH2, frogs retain three cone opsins—SWS1, SWS2, and LWS—that allow for color vision during daylight. The SWS2 opsin, for instance, is tuned to detect blue and green light, which is especially useful in aquatic environments or shaded areas. This tuning is enhanced by specific mutations which increases sensitivity to low-light conditions and stabilizes
1275-468: A subtype of G-proteins specific to cnidarians. The cnidarian opsins belong to two groups the xenopsins and the nessopsins. The xenopsins contain also bilaterian opsins, while the nessopsins are restricted to the cnidarians. However, earlier studies have found that some cnidarian opsins belong to the cilopsins, rhabopsins, and the tetraopsins of the bilaterians . Rhabdomeric opsins (rhabopsins, r-opsins) are also known as Gq-opsins, because they couple to
1360-632: A type of xanthophyll . These carotenoids must be obtained from plants or other photosynthetic organisms. No other carotenoids can be converted by animals to retinal. Some carnivores cannot convert any carotenoids at all. The other main forms of vitamin A — retinol and a partially active form, retinoic acid — may both be produced from retinal. Invertebrates such as insects and squid use hydroxylated forms of retinal in their visual systems, which derive from conversion from other xanthophylls . Living organisms produce retinal by irreversible oxidative cleavage of carotenoids. For example: catalyzed by
1445-516: Is a polyene chromophore . Retinal, bound to proteins called opsins , is the chemical basis of visual phototransduction , the light-detection stage of visual perception (vision). Some microorganisms use retinal to convert light into metabolic energy. One study suggests that approximately three billion years ago, most living organisms on Earth used retinal, rather than chlorophyll , to convert sunlight into energy. Because retinal absorbs mostly green light and transmits purple light, this gave rise to
1530-463: Is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RRH gene . Photoreceptors can be classified several ways, including function (vision, phototaxis, photoperiodism, etc.), type of chromophore ( retinal , flavine , bilin ), molecular structure ( tertiary , quaternary ), signal output ( phosphorylation , reduction , oxidation ), etc. Beside animal opsins, which are G protein-coupled receptors , there
1615-615: Is a circular enzymatic pathway , which is the front-end of phototransduction. It regenerates 11- cis -retinal. For example, the visual cycle of mammalian rod cells is as follows: Steps 3, 4, 5, and 6 occur in rod cell outer segments ; Steps 1, 2, and 7 occur in retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells. RPE65 isomerohydrolases are homologous with beta-carotene monooxygenases; the homologous ninaB enzyme in Drosophila has both retinal-forming carotenoid-oxygenase activity and all- trans to 11- cis isomerase activity. All- trans -retinal
1700-434: Is also an essential component of microbial opsins such as bacteriorhodopsin , channelrhodopsin , and halorhodopsin , which are important in bacterial and archaeal anoxygenic photosynthesis . In these molecules, light causes the all- trans -retinal to become 13- cis retinal, which then cycles back to all- trans -retinal in the dark state. These proteins are not evolutionarily related to animal opsins and are not GPCRs;
1785-458: Is an important signaling molecule and hormone in vertebrate animals. Retinal is a conjugated chromophore . In the Vertebrate eyes , retinal begins in an 11- cis -retinal configuration, which — upon capturing a photon of the correct wavelength — straightens out into an all- trans -retinal configuration. This configuration change pushes against an opsin protein in the retina , which triggers
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#17327808810081870-479: Is another group of photoreceptor proteins called opsins. These are the microbial opsin , they are used by prokaryotes and by some algae (as a component of channelrhodopsins ) and fungi , whereas animals use animal opsins, exclusively. No opsins have been found outside these groups (for instance in plants, or placozoans ). Microbial and animal opsins are also called type 1 and type 2 opsins respectively. Both types are called opsins, because at one time it
1955-661: Is commonly caused by mutations in the LCR, which would result in no expression of OPN1LW or OPN1MW. With this visual impairment, the individual can only see colours in the spectrum for SWS opsins, which fall in the blue range of light. Opsin Animal opsins are G-protein-coupled receptors and a group of proteins made light-sensitive via a chromophore , typically retinal . When bound to retinal, opsins become retinylidene proteins , but are usually still called opsins regardless. Most prominently, they are found in photoreceptor cells of
2040-595: Is conserved in almost all opsins, only a few opsins have lost it during evolution . Opsins without the retinal binding lysine are not light sensitive. Such opsins may have other functions. Although mammals use retinal exclusively as the opsin chromophore, other groups of animals additionally use four chromophores closely related to retinal: 3,4-didehydroretinal (vitamin A 2 ), (3 R )-3-hydroxyretinal, (3 S )-3-hydroxyretinal (both vitamin A 3 ), and (4 R )-4-hydroxyretinal (vitamin A 4 ). Many fish and amphibians use 3,4-didehydroretinal, also called dehydroretinal . With
2125-496: Is directly associated with dichromacy evolving to trichromacy. The presence of both LSW and MSW opsins improves colour recognition time, memorization for coloured objects, and distance-dependent discrimination, giving trichromatic organisms an evolutionary advantage over dichromatic organisms when searching for nutrient-rich food sources. Cone pigments are the product of ancestral visual pigments, which consisted of only cone cells and no rod cells . These ancestral cones evolved to become
2210-482: Is encoded by the OPN5 gene. In the human retina, its function is unknown. In the mouse, it photo-entrains the retina and cornea at least ex vivo. Go-opsins are absent from higher vertebrates and ecdysozoans . They are found in the ciliary photoreceptor cells of the scallop eye and the basal chordate amphioxus . In Platynereis dumerilii however, a Go-opsin is expressed in the rhabdomeric photoreceptor cells of
2295-475: Is green-sensitive ( λ max = 522 nm), and despite it is a c-opsin, like the vertebrate visual opsins, it does not induce hyperpolarization via a Gt-protein, but induces depolarization via a Go-protein. The panopsins are found in many tissues (skin, brain, testes, heart, liver, kidney, skeletal muscle, lung, pancreas and retina ). They were originally found in the human and mouse brain and thus called encephalopsin. The first invertebrate panopsin
2380-402: Is involved in circadian rhythms , the pupillary reflex , and color correction in high-brightness situations. Phylogenetically, it is a member of the rhabdomeric opsins (rhabopsins, r-opsins) and functionally and structurally a rhabopsin, but does not occur in rhabdomeres. The tetraopsins include the neuropsins , the Go-opsins, and the chromopsins. The chromopsins consist of seven subgroups:
2465-426: Is known as the red opsin because it is the most sensitive to red light out of the three cone opsin types, not because its peak sensitivity is for red light. The peak absorption of 564nm actually falls in the yellow-green section of the visible light spectrum . When the protein comes in contact with light at a wavelength within its spectral range, the 11- cis -retinal chromophore becomes excited. The amount of energy in
2550-468: Is mutated to DPxxY ( Asn → Asp ) in the human m3 muscarinic receptor , activation is not affected, but it is abolished if it is mutated to APxxY ( Asn → Ala ). Such a mutation to APxxY (Asn → Ala ) reduces the G-protein activation of cattle rhodopsin to 45% compared to wild type. Also in cattle rhodopsin, if the motif is mutated to NPxxA ( Tyr → Ala ), cattle rhodopsin does not activate
2635-473: Is released and replaced by a newly synthesized 11- cis -retinal provided from the retinal epithelial cells. Beside 11- cis -retinal (A1), 11- cis -3,4-didehydroretinal (A2) is also found in vertebrates as ligand such as in freshwater fishes. A2-bound opsins have a shifted λ max and absorption spectrum compared to A1-bound opsins. The seven transmembrane α-helical domains in opsins are connected by three extra-cellular and three cytoplasmic loops. Along
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2720-530: Is replaced by an arginine in Rh1, then Rh1 loses light sensitivity but still responds to aristolochic acid. Thus, Lys296 is not needed for Rh1 to function as chemoreceptor. Also the Drosophila rhabopsins Rh1 and Rh6 are involved in mechanoreception, again for mechanoreception Lys296 is not needed, but needed for proper function in the photoreceptor cells. Beside these functions, an opsin without Lys296 , such as
2805-401: Is then Asp , and the tyrosine three residues after is then Tyr . Another numbering scheme is based on cattle rhodopsin. Cattle rhodopsin has 348 amino acids and is the first opsin whose amino acid sequence and whose 3D-structure were determined. The cattle rhodopsin numbering scheme is widespread in the opsin literature. Therefore, it is useful to use both schemes. Opsins without
2890-463: Is what determines the gene as being M class or L class. On exon 3 at position 180 both genes can contain serine or alanine, but the presence of serine produces longer wavelength sensitivity, a consideration in the making of color-matching functions . Exon 4 has two spectral tuning positions: 230 for isoleucine (longer peak wavelength) or threonine, and 233 for alanine (longer peak wavelength) or serine. The arrangement of OPN1LW and OPN1MW, as well as
2975-484: The Actinopterygii (ray-finned fish) apparently arose as a result of gene duplication from Rh1 (rhodopsin). These opsins appear to serve functions similar to those of pinopsin found in birds and reptiles. The first Pineal Opsin (Pinopsin) was found in the chicken pineal gland . It is a blue sensitive opsin ( λ max = 470 nm). Pineal opsins have a wide range of expression in the brain, most notably in
3060-762: The transporter-opsin-G protein-coupled receptor (TOG) superfamily , a proposed clade that includes G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR), Ion-translocating microbial rhodopsin (MR), and seven others. Most microbial opsins are ion channels or pumps instead of proper receptors and do not bind to a G protein . Microbal opsins are found in all three domains of life: Archaea , Bacteria , and Eukaryota . In Eukaryota, microbial opsins are found mainly in unicellular organisms such as green algae, and in fungi. In most complex multicellular eukaryotes, microbial opsins have been replaced with other light-sensitive molecules such as cryptochrome and phytochrome in plants, and animal opsins in animals . Microbial opsins are often known by
3145-740: The Purple Earth Hypothesis . Retinal itself is considered to be a form of vitamin A when eaten by an animal. There are many forms of vitamin A, all of which are converted to retinal, which cannot be made without them. The number of different molecules that can be converted to retinal varies from species to species. Retinal was originally called retinene , and was renamed after it was discovered to be vitamin A aldehyde . Vertebrate animals ingest retinal directly from meat, or they produce retinal from carotenoids — either from α-carotene or β-carotene — both of which are carotenes . They also produce it from β-cryptoxanthin ,
3230-413: The RGR-opsins , the retinochromes , the peropsins , the varropsins, the astropsins, the nemopsins, and the gluopsins. Neuropsins are sensitive to UVA, typically at 380 nm. They are found in the brain, testes, skin, and retina of humans and rodents, as well as in the brain and retina of birds. In birds and rodents they mediate ultraviolet vision. They couple to Gi-proteins. In humans, Neuropsin
3315-460: The cholecystokinin B receptor completely. In fact, the RGR-opsins have NAxxY and retinochromes have VPxxY7.53 for annelids or YPxxY7.53 for mollusks, natively. Both RGR-opsins and retinochromes, belong to the chromopsins. RGR-opsins and retinochromes also bind unlike most opsins all- trans -retinal in the dark and convert it to 11- cis -retinal when illuminated. Therefore, RGR-opsins and retinochromes are thought to neither signal nor activate
3400-545: The photoreceptor cells in the retina of eye. The opsin in the vertebrate rod cells is rhodopsin . The rods form disks, which contain the rhodopsin molecules in their membranes and which are entirely inside of the cell. The N-terminus head of the molecule extends into the interior of the disk, and the C-terminus tail extends into the cytoplasm of the cell. The opsins in the cone cells are OPN1SW , OPN1MW , and OPN1LW . The cones form incomplete disks that are part of
3485-406: The pineal region . Vertebrate Ancient (VA) opsin has three isoforms VA short (VAS), VA medium (VAM), and VA long (VAL). It is expressed in the inner retina, within the horizontal and amacrine cells , as well as the pineal organ and habenular region of the brain. It is sensitive to approximately 500 nm [14], found in most vertebrate classes, but not in mammals. The first parapinopsin (PP)
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3570-516: The plasma membrane , so that the N-terminus head extends outside of the cell. In opsins, retinal binds covalently to a lysine in the seventh transmembrane helix through a Schiff base . Forming the Schiff base linkage involves removing the oxygen atom from retinal and two hydrogen atoms from the free amino group of lysine, giving H 2 O. Retinylidene is the divalent group formed by removing
3655-576: The retina is substantially smaller than rod representation, with the majority of cones localizing in the fovea . When light within the LWS opsin spectral range reaches the retina, the 11- cis -retinal chromophore within the opsin protein becomes excited. This excitation causes a conformational change in the protein and triggers a series of chemical reactions. This reaction series passes from the LWS cone cells into horizontal cells , bipolar cells , amacrine cells , and finally ganglion cells before continuing to
3740-509: The retina . Five classical groups of opsins are involved in vision , mediating the conversion of a photon of light into an electrochemical signal, the first step in the visual transduction cascade . Another opsin found in the mammalian retina, melanopsin , is involved in circadian rhythms and pupillary reflex but not in vision. Humans have in total nine opsins. Beside vision and light perception, opsins may also sense temperature , sound , or chemicals . Animal opsins detect light and are
3825-563: The silk moth and the tobacco hawk moth . However, the gluopsins have no known function. Such function does not need to be light detection, as some opsins are also involved in thermosensation , mechanoreception such as hearing detecting phospholipids , chemosensation , and other functions. In particular, the Drosophila rhabdomeric opsins (rhabopsins, r-opsins) Rh1, Rh4, and Rh7 function not only as photoreceptors, but also as chemoreceptors for aristolochic acid . These opsins still have Lys296 like other opsins. However, if this lysine
3910-565: The G-protein. Such a mutation also reduces the activation of the vasopressin V2 receptor . In fact in G-protein-coupled receptors, only loss of function disease mutations are known for Tyr . Also mutations of Pro influence G-protein activation, if the motif is mutated to NAxxY ( Pro → Ala ) in the rat m3 muscarinic receptor , the receptor can still be activated but less efficiently, this mutation even abolishes activation in
3995-448: The OPN1LW gene and nearby adjacent OPN1MW genes being expressed and contributing to the colour vision phenotype. The LCR can not reach further than the first or second OPN1MW genes in the array. The slight difference in OPN1LW and OPN1MW absorption spectra is due to a handful of amino acid differences between the two highly similar genes. OPN1LW and OPN1MW both have six exons . Amino acid dimorphisms on exon 5 at positions 277 and 285 are
4080-427: The all-trans-retinyl-esters are made available light-dependently by RGR-opsins. Whether RGR-opsins regulate this via a G-protein or another signaling mechanism is unknown. The cattle RGR-opsin absorbs maximally at different wavelengths depending on the pH-value. At high pH it absorbs maximally blue (469 nm) light and at low pH it absorbs maximally UV (370 nm) light. Peropsin , a visual pigment-like receptor,
4165-423: The binding pocket and does not activate the opsin. The opsin is only activated when 11- cis -retinal absorbs a photon of light and isomerizes to all- trans -retinal, the receptor activating form, causing conformal changes in the opsin, which activate a phototransduction cascade . Thus, a chemoreceptor is converted to a light or photo(n)receptor . In the vertebrate photoreceptor cells, all- trans -retinal
4250-410: The brain via the optic nerve . Ganglion cells compile the signal from the LWS cones with all other cone signals that occurred in response to the light that was seen, and pass the overall signal into the optic nerve. The cones themselves do not process colour, it is the brain that decides what colour is being seen by the signal combination it receives from the ganglion cells. Before humans evolved to be
4335-423: The brain. OPN1LW produces red-sensitive opsin, while its counterparts, OPN1MW and OPN1SW , produce green-sensitive and blue-sensitive opsin respectively. OPN1LW and OPN1MW are on the X chromosome at position Xq28. They are in a tandem array , composed of a single OPN1LW gene which is followed by one or more OPN1MW genes. The locus control region (LCR; OPSIN-LCR ) regulates expression of both genes, with only
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#17327808810084420-535: The chromophores. The opsin is part of the sensing network detecting the colour and shape of the cuttlefish's surroundings. Frogs have evolved unique visual systems to adapt to their diverse habitats, from brightly lit forests to dimly lit ponds. Frogs are distinct among vertebrates because they lack the RH2 opsin , typically used for detecting middle wavelengths of light in other species. This loss likely reflects their evolutionary focus on low-light vision, with RH1,
4505-478: The clades have pie charts, which give support values for the branches. The values are from right to left SH-aLRT/aBayes/UFBoot. The branches are considered supported when SH-aLRT ≥ 80%, aBayes ≥ 0.95, and UFBoot ≥ 95%. If a support value is above its threshold the pie chart is black otherwise gray. The NPxxY motif is well-conserved among opsins and G-protein-coupled receptors. This motif is important for G-protein binding and receptor activation. For instance, if it
4590-477: The cone cells we know today (LWS, MWS, SWS), as well as rod cells. Many genetic changes of the OPN1LW and/or OPN1MW genes can cause red-green colourblindness . The majority of these genetic changes involve recombination events between the highly similar genes of OPN1LW and OPN1MW, which can result in deletion of one or both of these genes. Recombination can also result in the creation of many different OPN1LW and OPN1MW chimeras , which are genes that are similar to
4675-468: The divergence of plants, fungi, choanflagellates and sponges from the earliest animals. The retinal chromophore is found solely in the opsin branch of this large gene family, meaning its occurrence elsewhere represents convergent evolution , not homology . Microbial rhodopsins are, by sequence, very different from any of the GPCR families. According to one hypothesis, both microbial and animal opsins belong to
4760-513: The electric potential difference across a cell membrane being eradicated (i.e. depolarization ). The identification of the crystal structure of squid rhodopsin is likely to further our understanding of its function in this group. Arthropods use different opsins in their different eye types, but at least in Limulus the opsins expressed in the lateral and the compound eyes are 99% identical and presumably diverged recently. Melanopsin (OPN4)
4845-424: The exception of the dipteran suborder Cyclorrhapha (the so-called higher flies), all insects examined use the ( R )- enantiomer of 3-hydroxyretinal. The ( R )-enantiomer is to be expected if 3-hydroxyretinal is produced directly from xanthophyll carotenoids. Cyclorrhaphans, including Drosophila , use (3 S )-3-hydroxyretinal. Firefly squid have been found to use (4 R )-4-hydroxyretinal. The visual cycle
4930-500: The eyes. RGR-opsins, also known as Retinal G protein coupled receptors are expressed in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and Müller cells . They preferentially bind all-trans-retinal in the dark instead of 11-cis-retinal. RGR-opsins were thought to be photoisomerases but instead, they regulate retinoid traffic and production. In particular, they speed up light-independently the production of 11-cis-retinol (a precursor of 11-cis-retinal) from all-trans-retinyl-esters. However,
5015-430: The high similarity of the two genes, allows for frequent recombination between the two. Unequal recombination between female X chromosomes during meiosis is the main cause of the varying number of OPN1LW genes and OPN1MW genes among individuals, as well as being the cause of inherited colour vision deficiencies. Recombination events usually begin with misalignment of an OPN1LW gene with an OPN1MW gene and are followed by
5100-447: The inability to fully differentiate between green, yellow, and red colour. Protanomaly occurs when a partially functional hybrid OPN1LW gene replaces the normal gene. Opsins made from these hybrid genes have abnormal spectral shifts that impair colour perception for colours in the OPN1LW spectrum. Protanomaly is one form of anomalous trichromacy . Blue cone monochromacy is caused by a loss of function of both OPN1LW and OPN1MW. This
5185-562: The larva UV induced gravitaxis . The gravitaxis forms with phototaxis a ratio-chromatic depth-gauge . In different depths, the light in water is composed of different wavelengths : First the red (> 600 nm) and the UV and violet (< 420 nm) wavelengths disappear. The higher the depth the narrower the spectrum so that only cyan light (480 nm) is left. Thus, the larvae can determine their depth by color. The color unlike brightness stays almost constant independent of time of day or
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#17327808810085270-434: The ligand retinal. The Glu134-Arg135-Tyr136 is another highly conserved motif, involved in the propagation of the transduction signal once a photon has been absorbed. Certain amino acid residues, termed spectral tuning sites , have a strong effect on λ max values. Using site-directed mutagenesis , it is possible to selectively mutate these residues and investigate the resulting changes in light absorption properties of
5355-426: The light breaks the pi bond that holds the chromophore in its cis configuration, which causes photoisomerization and a shift to the trans configuration. This shift is what begins the chemical reaction sequence responsible for getting the LWS cone signal to the brain. LWS opsin resides in disks of the outer segment of LWS cone cells, which mediate photopic vision along with MWS and SWS cones. Cone representation in
5440-435: The molecules that allow us to see. Opsins are G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), which are chemoreceptors and have seven transmembrane domains forming a binding pocket for a ligand. The ligand for opsins is the vitamin A -based chromophore 11- cis -retinal, which is covalently bound to a lysine residue in the seventh transmembrane domain through a Schiff-base . However, 11- cis -retinal only blocks
5525-442: The most influential on the spectral differences observed between LWS and MWS pigments. There are 3 amino acid changes on exon 5 for OPN1LW and OPN1MW that contribute to the spectral shift seen between their respective opsin: OPN1MW has phenylalanine at positions 277 and 309, and alanine at 285; OPN1LW have tyrosine at position 277 and 309, and threonine at position 285. The identity of the amino acids at these positions in exon 5
5610-428: The motif is mutated to NVxxY (Ala → Val ). Furthermore, when the motif is mutated to NAxxY (Pro → Ala ) in cattle rhodopsin, the mutant has 141% of wild type activity. This evidence shows that a GPCR does not need a standard NPxxY motif for signaling. Cys138 and Cys110 form a highly conserved disulfide bridge . Glu113 serves as the counterion, stabilizing the protonation of the Schiff linkage between Lys296 and
5695-525: The nemopsins from nematodes , Lys296 is replaced by Arginine . In the astropsins from sea urchins and in the gluopsins, Lys296 is replaced by glutamic acid . A nemopsin is expressed in chemosensory cells in Caenorhabditis elegans . Therefore, the nemopsins are thought to be chemoreceptors . The gluopsins are found in insects such as beetles , scorpionflies , dragonflies , and butterflies and moths including model organisms such as
5780-855: The opsin. It is important to differentiate spectral tuning sites , residues that affect the wavelength at which the opsin absorbs light, from functionally conserved sites , residues important for the proper functioning of the opsin. They are not mutually exclusive, but, for practical reasons, it is easier to investigate spectral tuning sites that do not affect opsin functionality. For a comprehensive review of spectral tuning sites see Yokoyama and Deeb. The impact of spectral tuning sites on λ max differs between different opsin groups and between opsin groups of different species. RPE, retinal pigment epithelium ; ipRGC, intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells ; OPL, outer plexiform layer ; IPL, inner plexiform layer ; GCL, ganglion cell layer Cuttlefish and octopuses contain opsin in their skin as part of
5865-520: The original, but have different spectral properties. Single base-pair changes in OPN1LW can also inflict red-green colourblindness, but this is uncommon. The severity of vision loss in a red-green colourblind individual is influenced by the Ser180Ala polymorphism. Protanopia is caused by defective or total loss of the OPN1LW gene function, causing vision that is entirely dependent on OPN1MW and OPN1SW. Affected individuals have dichromatic vision, with
5950-421: The oxygen atom from retinal, and so opsins have been called retinylidene proteins . Opsins are prototypical G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Cattle rhodopsin, the opsin of the rod cells, was the first GPCR to have its amino acid sequence and 3D-structure (via X-ray crystallography ) determined. Cattle rhodopsin contains 348 amino acid residues. Retinal binds as chromophore at Lys . This lysine
6035-659: The percentage of a certain amino acid at the position in the sequences corresponding Lys296 in cattle rhodopsin. The amino acids are color-coded. The colors are red for lysine (K), purple for glutamic acid (E), orange for argenine (R), dark and mid-gray for other amino acids, and light gray for sequences that have no data at that position. The second pie chart gives the taxon composition for each clade, green stands for craniates , dark green for cephalochordates , mid green for echinoderms , brown for nematodes , pale pink for annelids , dark blue for arthropods , light blue for mollusks , and purple for cnidarians . The branches to
6120-495: The protein for better performance in dim environments. However, some frog species, such as poison dart frogs in the family Dendrobatidae, have lost the SWS2 opsin entirely. This change aligns with their reliance on longer wavelengths, like red and yellow, for tasks such as mate selection and predator deterrence, often linked to their vibrant aposematic (warning) coloration. Animal opsins (also known as type 2 opsins) are members of
6205-424: The retinal binding lysine are not light sensitive. In cattle rhodopsin , this lysine is the 296th amino acid and thus according to both numbering schemes Lys296 . It is well conserved among opsins, so well conserved that sequences without it were not even considered opsins and thus excluded from large scale phylogenetic reconstructions . Even so, most opsins have Lys296 , some have lost it during evolution: In
6290-760: The rhodopsin form of the molecule, i.e., rhodopsin (in the broad sense) = opsin + chromophore. Among the many kinds of microbial opsins are the proton pumps bacteriorhodopsin (BR) and xanthorhodopsin (xR), the chloride pump halorhodopsin (HR), the photosensors sensory rhodopsin I (SRI) and sensory rhodopsin II (SRII), as well as proteorhodopsin (PR), Neurospora opsin I (NOPI), Chlamydomonas sensory rhodopsins A (CSRA), Chlamydomonas sensory rhodopsins B (CSRB), channelrhodopsin (ChR), and archaerhodopsin (Arch). Several microbal opsins, such as proteo- and bacteriorhodopsin , are used by various bacterial groups to harvest energy from light to carry out metabolic processes using
6375-468: The seven-transmembrane-domain proteins of the G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) superfamily. Animal opsins fall phylogenetically into five groups: The ciliary opsins (cilopsins, c-opsins), the rhabdomeric opsins (r-opsins, rhabopsins), the xenopsins, the nessopsins, and the tetraopsins. Four of these subclades occur in Bilateria (all but the nessopsins). However, the bilaterian clades constitute
6460-435: The spectral range. OPN1LW is subject to homologous recombination with OPN1MW, as the two have very similar sequences. These recombinations can lead to various vision problems, such as red-green colourblindness and blue monochromacy. The protein encoded is a G-protein coupled receptor with embedded 11- cis -retinal , whose light excitation causes a cis-trans conformational change that begins the process of chemical signalling to
6545-429: The terms "ciliary" and "rhabdomeric" can be ambiguous. Here, "C-opsins (ciliary)" refers to a clade found exclusively in Bilateria and excludes cnidarian ciliary opsins such as those found in the box jellyfish . Similarly, "R-opsin (rhabdomeric)" includes melanopsin even though it does not occur on rhabdomeres in vertebrates. Ciliary opsins (cilopsins, c-opsins) are expressed in ciliary photoreceptor cells, and include
6630-597: The two genes. This would create colour vision deficiencies if either chromosome were passed onto a male offspring. The LWS type I opsin is a G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) protein with embedded 11- cis retinal . It is a transmembrane protein that has seven membrane domains, with the N-terminal being extracellular and the C-terminal being cytoplasmic. The LWS pigment has a maximum absorption of about 564nm, with an absorption range of around 500-570 nm. This opsin
6715-428: The varropsins, the astropsins, the nemopsins, and the gluopsins. Animal visual opsins are traditionally classified as either ciliary or rhabdomeric. Ciliary opsins, found in vertebrates and cnidarians , attach to ciliary structures such as rods and cones . Rhabdomeric opsins are attached to light-gathering organelles called rhabdomeres. This classification cuts across phylogenetic categories (clades) so that both
6800-424: The vertebrate visual opsins and encephalopsins. They convert light signals to nerve impulses via cyclic nucleotide gated ion channels, which work by increasing the charge differential across the cell membrane (i.e. hyperpolarization . ) Vertebrate visual opsins are a subclass of ciliary opsins that express in the vertebrate retina and mediate vision. They are further subdivided into: These pineal opsins, found in
6885-557: The weather, for instance if it is cloudy. Panopsins are also expressed in the brains of some insects. The panopsins of mosquito and pufferfish absorb maximally at 500 nm and 460 nm, respectively. Both activate in vitro Gi and Go proteins. The panopsins are sister to the TMT-opsins. The first TMT-opsin was found in many tissues in Teleost fish and therefore they are called Teleost Multiple Tissue (TMT) opsins. TMT-opsins form three groups which are most closely related to
6970-544: The α-helices and the loops, many amino acid residues are highly conserved between all opsin groups, indicating that they serve important functions and thus are called functionally conserved residues . Actually, insertions and deletions in the α-helices are very rare and should preferentially occur in the loops. Therefore, different G-protein-coupled receptors have different length and homologous residues may be in different positions. To make such positions comparable between different receptors, Ballesteros and Weinstein introduced
7055-422: Was found in the parapineal organ of the catfish . The parapinopsin of lamprey is a UV-sensitive opsin ( λ max = 370 nm). The teleosts have two groups of parapinopsins, one is sensitive to UV ( λ max = 360-370 nm), the other is sensitive to blue ( λ max = 460-480 nm) light. The first parietopsin was found in the photoreceptor cells of the lizard parietal eye. The lizard parietopsin
7140-487: Was found in the ciliary photoreceptor cells of the annelid Platynereis dumerilii and is called c(iliary)-opsin. This c-opsin is UV -sensitive ( λ max = 383 nm) and can be tuned by 125 nm at a single amino-acid (range λ max = 377 - 502 nm). Thus, not unsurprisingly, a second but cyan sensitive c-opsin ( λ max = 490 nm) exists in Platynereis dumerilii . The first c-opsin mediates in
7225-454: Was thought that they were related: Both are seven-transmembrane receptors and bind covalently retinal as chromophore, which turns them into photoreceptors sensing light. However, both types are not related on the sequence level. In fact, the sequence identity between animal and mirobial opsins is no greater than could be accounted for by random chance. However, in recent years new methods have been developed specific to deep phylogeny . As
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