Immunogen | SyntheticpeptidefromtheC-terminaldomainofhumanEncephalopsin. |
Concentration | PleaserefertotheCertificateofAnalysisforthelot-specificconcentration. |
Host | Rabbit |
Specificity | RecognizesEncephalopsin. |
SpeciesReactivity | |
AntibodyType | PolyclonalAntibody |
EntrezGeneNumber | |
EntrezGeneSummary | Opsinsaremembersoftheguaninenucleotide-bindingprotein(Gprotein)-coupledreceptorsuperfamily.Inadditiontothevisualopsins,mammalspossessseveralphotoreceptivenon-visualopsinsthatareexpressedinextraoculartissues.Thisgene,opsin3,isstronglyexpressedinbrainandtestisandweaklyexpressedinliver,placenta,heart,lung,skeletalmuscle,kidney,andpancreas.Thegenemayalsobeexpressedintheretina.Theproteinhasthecanonicalfeaturesofaphotoreceptiveopsinprotein. |
GeneSymbol | - OPN3
- Encephalopsin
- Panopsin
- Opsin-3
- ECPN
- NMO-1
- ERO
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UniProtNumber | |
UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:Q9H1Y3#Mayplayaroleinencephalicphotoreception. SIZE:402aminoacids;44873Da SUBCELLULARLOCATION:Membrane;Multi-passmembraneprotein. TISSUESPECIFICITY:Stronglyexpressedinbrain.Highlyexpressedinthepreopticareaandparaventricularnucleusofthehypothalamus.Showshighlypatternedexpressioninotherregionsofthebrain,beingenrichedinselectedregionsofthecerebralcortex,cerebellarPurkinjecells,asubsetofstriatalneurons,selectedthalamicnuclei,andasubsetofinterneuronsintheventralhornofthespinalcord. SIMILARITY:SwissProt:Q9H1Y3##BelongstotheG-proteincoupledreceptor1family.Opsinsubfamily. |