title: Molecular characterization of the pigeon P-opsin gene.
abstract: The chicken gene encoding pineal gland-specific opsin (P-opsin) has been previously characterized. We report here the orthologous pigeon (Columba livia) P-opsin gene. The deduced pigeon P-opsin lacks a potential N-glycosylation site in the N-terminus, but has multiple phosphorylation sites in the C-terminus, which are opposite from the characteristics of the chicken P-opsin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Syracuse University, NY 13244, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000502:physiology; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D010856:Columbidae; D006031:Glycosylation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010766:Phosphorylation; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000378:metabolism; D017299:Rod Opsins / Q000737:chemistry*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017421:Sequence Analysis
chemical_list: D017299:Rod Opsins