Structural highlights
Function
[OPSD_BOVIN] Photoreceptor required for image-forming vision at low light intensity. Required for photoreceptor cell viability after birth. Light-induced isomerization of 11-cis to all-trans retinal triggers a conformational change leading to G-protein activation and release of all-trans retinal (By similarity).[1] [2]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
In the G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) rhodopsin, the inactivating ligand 11-cis-retinal is bound in the seven-transmembrane helix (TM) bundle and is cis/trans isomerized by light to form active metarhodopsin II. With metarhodopsin II decay, all-trans-retinal is released, and opsin is reloaded with new 11-cis-retinal. Here we present the crystal structure of ligand-free native opsin from bovine retinal rod cells at 2.9 angstrom (A) resolution. Compared to rhodopsin, opsin shows prominent structural changes in the conserved E(D)RY and NPxxY(x)(5,6)F regions and in TM5-TM7. At the cytoplasmic side, TM6 is tilted outwards by 6-7 A, whereas the helix structure of TM5 is more elongated and close to TM6. These structural changes, some of which were attributed to an active GPCR state, reorganize the empty retinal-binding pocket to disclose two openings that may serve the entry and exit of retinal. The opsin structure sheds new light on ligand binding to GPCRs and on GPCR activation.
Crystal structure of the ligand-free G-protein-coupled receptor opsin.,Park JH, Scheerer P, Hofmann KP, Choe HW, Ernst OP Nature. 2008 Jul 10;454(7201):183-7. Epub 2008 Jun 18. PMID:18563085[3]
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References
- ↑ Nakamichi H, Okada T. Local peptide movement in the photoreaction intermediate of rhodopsin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Aug 22;103(34):12729-34. Epub 2006 Aug 14. PMID:16908857
- ↑ Salom D, Lodowski DT, Stenkamp RE, Le Trong I, Golczak M, Jastrzebska B, Harris T, Ballesteros JA, Palczewski K. Crystal structure of a photoactivated deprotonated intermediate of rhodopsin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Oct 31;103(44):16123-8. Epub 2006 Oct 23. PMID:17060607
- ↑ Park JH, Scheerer P, Hofmann KP, Choe HW, Ernst OP. Crystal structure of the ligand-free G-protein-coupled receptor opsin. Nature. 2008 Jul 10;454(7201):183-7. Epub 2008 Jun 18. PMID:18563085 doi:10.1038/nature07063
