Description
Product Characteristics: FUNCTION: Visual pigments are the light-absorbing molecules that mediate vision. They consist of an apoprotein, opsin, covalently linked to cis-retinal. May increase spectral sensitivity in dim light. SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Membrane, Multi-pass membrane protein. TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expresssed in cone photoreceptor cells.,Vision,Blue-sensitive opsin, BOP, blue cone photoreceptor pigment, OPN1SW, BCP, CBT, short wavelength-sensitive cone opsin, S opsin
Target Information: mouse homolog is a blue cone pigment gene and member of the S branch of visual pigments [RGD, Feb 2006]