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The Interplay between Peripherin 2 Complex Formation and Degenerative Retinal Diseases.
Cells - 24 Mar 2020
Tebbe Lars, Kakakhel Mashal, Makia Mustafa S, Al-Ubaidi Muayyad R, Naash Muna I
Abstract excerpt
Peripherin 2 (Prph2) is a photoreceptor-specific tetraspanin protein present in the outer segment (OS) rims of rod and cone photoreceptors. It shares many common features with other tetraspanins, including a large intradiscal loop which contains several cysteines. This loop enables Prph2 to associate with itself to form homo-oligomers or with its homologue, rod outer segment membrane protein 1 (Rom1) to form...
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