DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Literature on OPN4

OPN4 [ENSP00000361141]

Melanopsin; Photoreceptor required for regulation of circadian rhythm. Contributes to pupillar reflex and other non-image forming responses to light. May be able to isomerize covalently bound all-trans retinal back to 11-cis retinal (By similarity); Belongs to the G-protein coupled receptor 1 family. Opsin subfamily.

Synonyms:  OPN4,  OPN4p,  hOPN4,  C9JWU6,  Q9UHM6 ...

Linkouts:  STRING  Pharos  UniProt  OMIM