Rhodopsin, a pigment of the retina that is responsible for perception of light is also involved in temperature sensation. The work emerged from a collaboration between the laboratory of Andrew Chess, ...

The P23H mutation within the rhodopsin gene (RHO) causes rhodopsin misfolding, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, and activates the unfolded protein response (UPR), leading to rod photoreceptor ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract We report on preparation of rhodopsin proteoliposomes with the cytoplasmic domain of rhodopsin facing the exterior of the proteoliposomes.

Sammons J and Gross AK. 2012 In vitro biochemical assays to monitor rhodopsin function. Methods in Molecular Biology, in publication. Hollingsworth TJ and Gross AK. Defective trafficking of rhodopsin ...

In a new study at University of California, Irvine, researchers have revealed the impact of native lipids on rhodopsin signaling and regeneration, which may usher in a new paradigm for discovery of ...