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opnp

This is the community wiki page for the gene opnp a provisionally named gene. Please feel free to add any information that is relevant to this gene that is not already captured elsewhere in Xenbase.

nomenclature changes

11.30.2020. This gene 's name was corrected following notification of the issue by NCBIs refseq coordinator (RSCOM-106), removing human loci number from the gene name and gene symbol.

Name changed from: pinopsin-like 100496420 (provisional) to pinopsin-like (provisional)

Symbol changed from pinopsin100496420 to opnpl (provisional)

loc100496420 was added as a synonym.

10Feb20206

Xenopus gene name.symbol changed from oppnl, pinopson like to oppn, pinopsin following the comprehensive study of these gene by Bertolesiet al 2020,[[1]], Heshami et al 2026 [[2]], and review by Xenbase curators.

this gene family is under review

12.01.2020

A 2020 review of the pineal Type II opsins in Xenopus has named 42 genes and related genes, and these are currently being assessed by Xenbase curators, and many new genepages are expected.

See J Photochem Photobiol B November 1, 2020; 212 112024. The regulation of skin pigmentation in response to environmental light by pineal Type II opsins and skin melanophore melatonin receptors. Bertolesi GE et al. [[ http://www.xenbase.org/literature/article.do?method=display&articleId=57377]]

Further work by this lab was published in 2026. See heshami et a', Pinopsin Regulates Melatonin Production and Daily Locomotor Activity: Functional Insights From Gene-Edited Xenopus Tadpoles. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpi.70114