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G protein-coupled receptor rhodopsin: a prospectus.


ABSTRACT: Rhodopsin is a retinal photoreceptor protein of bipartite structure consisting of the transmembrane protein opsin and a light-sensitive chromophore 11-cis-retinal, linked to opsin via a protonated Schiff base. Studies on rhodopsin have unveiled many structural and functional features that are common to a large and pharmacologically important group of proteins from the G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) superfamily, of which rhodopsin is the best-studied member. In this work, we focus on structural features of rhodopsin as revealed by many biochemical and structural investigations. In particular, the high-resolution structure of bovine rhodopsin provides a template for understanding how GPCRs work. We describe the sensitivity and complexity of rhodopsin that lead to its important role in vision.

SUBMITTER: Filipek S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1435697 | biostudies-literature | 2003

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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G protein-coupled receptor rhodopsin: a prospectus.

Filipek Sławomir S   Stenkamp Ronald E RE   Teller David C DC   Palczewski Krzysztof K  

Annual review of physiology 20020501


Rhodopsin is a retinal photoreceptor protein of bipartite structure consisting of the transmembrane protein opsin and a light-sensitive chromophore 11-cis-retinal, linked to opsin via a protonated Schiff base. Studies on rhodopsin have unveiled many structural and functional features that are common to a large and pharmacologically important group of proteins from the G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) superfamily, of which rhodopsin is the best-studied member. In this work, we focus on structura  ...[more]

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