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opn7a

This is the community wiki page for the Xenopus opn7a genes. Please feel free to record here, any relevant information that is not recorded elsewhere on Xenbase.

summary from NCBI

Predicted to enable G protein-coupled receptor activity and photoreceptor activity. Acts upstream of or within phototransduction. Predicted to be located in membrane. Predicted to be integral component of membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including brain; digestive system; eye; heart; and testis. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]

nomenclature notes

18OCT2023

The X. tropicalis v10 gene model was previously called LOC116411750, opsin5-like.

Synteny and BLASt confirm that it is in fact the opsin 7 alpha paralog, and is being added to this gene page, and renamed opn7a.

29NOV2023

Xenopus gene name changed from opsin ,7 alpha to opsin 7 alpha (i.e., we removed the comma)

synteny

Xtrop. chr6: ttr> b4galt6< LOC116411750< trappc8< rnf125>

Xla.chr6L: ttr.l> b4galt6.L< opn7a.L< trappc8.L< rnf125.L>

Xla.6S: ttr.S> b4galt6.S< trappc8.S<

Note that there is no Xla.S model .