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PRCD Is a Small Disc-Specific Rhodopsin-Binding Protein of Unknown Function.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 1 Jan 2019
Spencer William J, Arshavsky Vadim Y
Abstract excerpt
PRCD (progressive rod-cone degeneration) is a small ~6 kDa protein with unknown function that specifically resides in photoreceptor discs and interacts with rhodopsin. PRCD's discovery resulted from decades-long study of a canine retinal disease called progressive rod-cone degeneration which is one of the most frequent causes of blindness in dogs characterized by the slow, progressive death of rod photoreceptors...
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