RPE65

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Retinal pigment epithelium-specific protein 65kDa

Rendering based on PDB 3FSN.
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
SymbolsRPE65; LCA2; RP20; mRPE65; rd12; sRPE65
External IDsOMIM: 180069 MGI: 98001 HomoloGene: 20108 GeneCards: RPE65 Gene
EC number3.1.1.64
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez612119892
EnsemblENSG00000116745ENSMUSG00000028174
UniProtQ16518Q91ZQ5
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_000329NM_029987
RefSeq (protein)NP_000320NP_084263
Location (UCSC)Chr 1:
68.89 – 68.92 Mb
Chr 3:
159.6 – 159.62 Mb
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Retinal pigment epithelium-specific 65 kDa protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RPE65 gene.[1][2]

Function

The retinal pigment epithelium-specific 65 kDa protein is located in the retinal pigment epithelium and is involved in the conversion of all-trans retinol to 11-cis retinal during phototransduction, which is then used in visual pigment regeneration in photoreceptor cells.

Clinical significance

Mutations in this gene have been associated with Leber's congenital amaurosis type 2 (LCA2) and retinitis pigmentosa.[2][3]

See also

  • The Visual Cycle

References

  1. Hamel CP, Tsilou E, Pfeffer BA, Hooks JJ, Detrick B, Redmond TM (Aug 1993). "Molecular cloning and expression of RPE65, a novel retinal pigment epithelium-specific microsomal protein that is post-transcriptionally regulated in vitro". J Biol Chem 268 (21): 15751–7. PMID 8340400. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: RPE65 retinal pigment epithelium-specific protein 65kDa". 
  3. Bowne, SJ; Humphries, MM, Sullivan, LS, Kenna, PF, Tam, LC, Kiang, AS, Campbell, M, Weinstock, GM, Koboldt, DC, Ding, L, Fulton, RS, Sodergren, EJ, Allman, D, Millington-Ward, S, Palfi, A, McKee, A, Blanton, SH, Slifer, S, Konidari, I, Farrar, GJ, Daiger, SP, Humphries, P (Jun 8, 2011). "A dominant mutation in RPE65 identified by whole-exome sequencing causes retinitis pigmentosa with choroidal involvement". European Journal of Human Genetics : EJHG 19 (10): 1074–81. doi:10.1038/ejhg.2011.86. PMID 21654732. 

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