Rethinking opsins

Authors

Feuda R, Menon AK, Göpfert MC

Journal

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Citation

Mol Biol Evol. 2022 Feb 10:msac033.

Abstract

Opsins, the protein moieties of animal visual photo-pigments, have emerged as moonlighting proteins with diverse, light-dependent and -independent physiological functions. This raises the need to revise some basic assumptions concerning opsin expression, structure, classification, and evolution.

DOI

10.1093/molbev/msac033

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