Gene Review:
OPNP - opsin, pineal
Gallus gallus
Synonyms:
OPN1LW, protan)
- Rod-type transducin alpha-subunit mediates a phototransduction pathway in the chicken pineal gland. Kasahara, T., Okano, T., Yoshikawa, T., Yamazaki, K., Fukada, Y. J. Neurochem. (2000)
- Immunoreactive pinopsin in pineal and retinal photoreceptors of various vertebrates. Fejér, Z., Szél, A., Röhlich, P., Görcs, T., Manzano e Silva, M.J., Vígh, B. Acta. Biol. Hung. (1997)
- Pinopsin is a chicken pineal photoreceptive molecule. Okano, T., Yoshizawa, T., Fukada, Y. Nature (1994)
- Pineal opsin: a nonvisual opsin expressed in chick pineal. Max, M., McKinnon, P.J., Seidenman, K.J., Barrett, R.K., Applebury, M.L., Takahashi, J.S., Margolskee, R.F. Science (1995)
- Light-dependent activation of rod transducin by pineal opsin. Max, M., Surya, A., Takahashi, J.S., Margolskee, R.F., Knox, B.E. J. Biol. Chem. (1998)
- Molecular characterization of the pigeon P-opsin gene. Kawamura, S., Yokoyama, S. Gene (1996)
- Circadian gene expression patterns of melanopsin and pinopsin in the chick pineal gland. Holthues, H., Engel, L., Spessert, R., Vollrath, L. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. (2005)
- Isolation and characterization of melanopsin and pinopsin expression within photoreceptive sites of reptiles. Frigato, E., Vallone, D., Bertolucci, C., Foulkes, N.S. Naturwissenschaften (2006)
- Chicktacking pineal clock. Okano, T., Fukada, Y. J. Biochem. (2003)
- Molecular cloning, mRNA expression, and immunocytochemical localization of a putative blue-light photoreceptor CRY4 in the chicken pineal gland. Kubo, Y., Akiyama, M., Fukada, Y., Okano, T. J. Neurochem. (2006)
- Immunocytochemical identification of pinopsin in pineal glands of chicken and pigeon. Okano, T., Takanaka, Y., Nakamura, A., Hirunagi, K., Adachi, A., Ebihara, S., Fukada, Y. Brain Res. Mol. Brain Res. (1997)
- Pinopsin mRNA levels are significantly elevated in the pineal glands of chickens carrying a null mutation in guanylate cyclase-1. Semple-Rowland, S.L., Tepedino, M., Coleman, J.E. Brain Res. Mol. Brain Res. (2001)
- Chimeric nature of pinopsin between rod and cone visual pigments. Nakamura, A., Kojima, D., Imai, H., Terakita, A., Okano, T., Shichida, Y., Fukada, Y. Biochemistry (1999)
- Light-dependent expression of pinopsin gene in chicken pineal gland. Takanaka, Y., Okano, T., Iigo, M., Fukada, Y. J. Neurochem. (1998)
- Colocalization of pinopsin with two types of G-protein alpha-subunits in the chicken pineal gland. Matsushita, A., Yoshikawa, T., Okano, T., Kasahara, T., Fukada, Y. Cell Tissue Res. (2000)
- Regulatory mechanism for the stability of the meta II intermediate of pinopsin. Nakamura, A., Kojima, D., Okano, T., Imai, H., Terakita, A., Shichida, Y., Fukada, Y. J. Biochem. (2001)