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Melanopsin Carboxy-terminus phosphorylation plasticity and bulk negative charge, not strict site specificity, achieves phototransduction deactivation.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2020
Valdez-Lopez Juan C, Gulati Sahil, Ortiz Elelbin A, Palczewski Krzysztof, Robinson Phyllis R
Abstract excerpt
Melanopsin is a visual pigment expressed in a small subset of ganglion cells in the mammalian retina known as intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) and is implicated in regulating non-image forming functions such as circadian photoentrainment and pupil constriction and contrast sensitivity in image formation. Mouse melanopsin's Carboxy-terminus (C-terminus) possesses 38 serine and threonine...
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