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Effect of Sodium Valproate on the Conformational Stability of the Visual G Protein-Coupled Receptor Rhodopsin.
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) - 19 May 2021
Razzaghi Neda, Fernandez-Gonzalez Pol, Mas-Sanchez Aina, Vila-Julià Guillem, Perez Juan Jesus, Garriga Pere
Abstract excerpt
Rhodopsin is the G protein-coupled receptor of rod photoreceptor cells that mediates vertebrate vision at low light intensities. Mutations in rhodopsin cause inherited retinal degenerative diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa. Several therapeutic strategies have attempted to address and counteract the deleterious effect of rhodopsin mutations on the conformation and function of this photoreceptor protein, but...
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