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. 1987 May 1;7(5):1550–1557. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.07-05-01550.1987

A rhodopsin gene expressed in photoreceptor cell R7 of the Drosophila eye: homologies with other signal-transducing molecules

CS Zuker, C Montell, K Jones, T Laverty, GM Rubin
PMCID: PMC6568820  PMID: 2437266

Abstract

We have isolated an opsin gene from D. melanogaster that is expressed in the ultraviolet-sensitive photoreceptor cell R7 of the Drosophila compound eye. This opsin gene contains no introns and encodes a 383 amino acid polypeptide that is approximately 35% homologous to the blue absorbing ninaE and Rh2 opsins, which are expressed in photoreceptor cells R1–6 and R8, respectively. Amino acid homologies between these different opsins and other signal-transducing molecules suggest an important role for the conserved domains of rhodopsin in the transduction of extracellular signals.


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