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Mouse (GRCm39)
Description

opsin 1 (cone pigments), short-wave-sensitive (color blindness, tritan) [Source:MGI Symbol;Acc:MGI:99438]

Gene Synonyms

Bcp, Blue Cone Opsin, Blue Opsin, Blue/UV Opsin, S Opsin, SWS opsin, Short Wavelength Sensitive opsin, UV cone pigment

Location

Chromosome 6: 29,376,670-29,388,467 reverse strand.

GRCm39:CM000999.3

About this gene

This gene has 4 transcripts (splice variants), 177 orthologues, 6 paralogues and is associated with 2 phenotypes.

Transcript IDNamebpProteinTranslation IDBiotypeCCDSUniProt MatchFlags
ENSMUST00000080428.13Opn1sw-2012410346aaENSMUSP00000079289.7
 
Protein coding
CCDS19959P51491 Ensembl CanonicalGENCODE PrimaryGENCODE BasicAPPRIS P1TSL:1
ENSMUST00000147483.4Opn1sw-2032221283aaENSMUSP00000133745.2
 
Protein coding
G3UXM0 GENCODE BasicTSL:1
ENSMUST00000173653.2Opn1sw-20440861aaENSMUSP00000133534.2
 
Protein coding
G3UX34 TSL:3CDS 3' incomplete
ENSMUST00000131928.2Opn1sw-202743No protein-
 
Protein coding CDS not defined
-TSL:3