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Drosophila fabp is required for light-dependent Rhodopsin-1 clearance and photoreceptor survival.
PLoS genetics - 1 Oct 2021
Huang Huai-Wei, Ryoo Hyung Don
Abstract excerpt
Rhodopsins are light-detecting proteins coupled with retinal chromophores essential for visual function. Coincidentally, dysfunctional Rhodopsin homeostasis underlies retinal degeneration in humans and model organisms. Drosophila ninaEG69D mutant is one such example, where the encoded Rh1 protein imposes endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and causes light-dependent retinal degeneration. The underlying reason for...
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