RRH

RRH
Identifiers
Aliases	RRH, retinal pigment epithelium-derived rhodopsin homolog
External IDs	OMIM: 605224; MGI: 1097709; HomoloGene: 55977; GeneCards: RRH; OMA:RRH - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 4 (human)
End	109,849,123 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 3 (mouse)
End	129,616,236 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	testicle; ; retinal pigment epithelium; ; cerebellar cortex; ; cerebellar hemisphere; ; right hemisphere of cerebellum; ; prefrontal cortex; ; Achilles tendon; ; stromal cell of endometrium; ; Brodmann area 9; ; developmental structure;
	Top expressed in
	retinal pigment epithelium; ; neural layer of retina; ; zygote; ; secondary oocyte; ; primary oocyte; ; morula; ; lens; ; ciliary body; ; embryo; ; Epithelium of choroid plexus;
	More reference expression data
	More reference expression data
Gene ontology
Molecular function	photoreceptor activity; signal transducer activity; G protein-coupled receptor activity; G protein-coupled photoreceptor activity;
Cellular component	integral component of membrane; integral component of plasma membrane; membrane; photoreceptor outer segment;
Biological process	signal transduction; response to stimulus; visual perception; G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway; phototransduction; detection of visible light; cellular response to light stimulus;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	10692
	20132
	ENSG00000180245
	ENSMUSG00000028012
	O14718
	O35214
	NM_006583
	NM_009102
	NP_006574
	NP_033128
	Wikidata
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Peropsin, a visual pigment-like receptor, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RRH gene. It belongs like other animal opsins to the G protein-coupled receptors. Even so, the first peropsins were already discovered in mice and humans in 1997, not much is known about them.