• Retinal isomerase (EC 5.2.1.3) is an enzyme that catalyzes the isomerisation of all-trans-retinal in the eye into 11-cis-retinal which is the form that...
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    Drosophila has both retinal-forming carotenoid-oxygenase activity and all-trans to 11-cis isomerase activity. All-trans-retinal is also an essential...
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  • biochemistry, cis-trans isomerase is a type of isomerase which catalyzes the isomerization of geometric isomers. Examples include retinal isomerase and immunophilins...
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    RPE65 (redirect from Retinoid isomerase)
    to 11-cis-retinal (the required photoactive visual pigment component). RPE65 is also referred to as retinol isomerase or retinoid isomerase, owing to...
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  • isomerase Prolyl isomerase Retinal isomerase Retinol isomerase Zeta-carotene isomerase Category:EC 5.3.3 Enoyl CoA isomerase (EC 5.3.3.8) Category:EC 5...
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  • is a process in the retina that replenishes the molecule retinal for its use in vision. Retinal is the chromophore of most visual opsins, meaning it captures...
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    catalyses the following chemical reaction beta-carotene + O2 → 2 all-trans-retinal This is a cleavage reaction which cleaves β-carotene, utilizes molecular...
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  • of retinal . Oberhauser V, Voolstra O, Bangert A, von Lintig J, Vogt K (December 2008). "NinaB combines carotenoid oxygenase and retinoid isomerase activity...
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    includes an enzyme known as RPE65 which is abundantly expressed in the retinal pigment epithelium where it catalyzed the formation of 11-cis-retinol from...
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  • The isomerase activity of RPE65 has been shown; it is uncertain whether it also acts as the hydrolase. Finally, it is oxidized to 11-cis-retinal before...
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    Dopachrome tautomerase (dopachrome delta-isomerase, tyrosine-related protein 2), also known as DCT, is a human gene. Its expression is regulated by the...
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  • acts as an isomerase, converting all-trans-retinol to 11-cis-retinol in the visual cycle. Loss of this protein results in an early-onset retinal degeneration...
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    553 participants with macular edema due to branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) and central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) in the BALATON and COMINO studies...
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    exists in virtually all life forms. The enzyme isopentenyl pyrophosphate isomerase catalyzes isomerization between DMAPP and IPP. In the mevalonate pathway...
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    pathways, IPP is isomerized to DMAPP by the enzyme isopentenyl pyrophosphate isomerase. IPP and DMAPP condense to give geranyl pyrophosphate, the precursor to...
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  • diabetic retinopathy, and macular edema due to branch retinal vein occlusion or central retinal vein occlusion. Ranibizumab was developed by Genentech...
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  • ranibizumab and pegaptanib, on patients who have macular edema caused by central retinal vein occlusion. Participants in both treatment groups showed improvement...
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    molecules. Specifically, TOP2B is required for lamina-specific targeting of retinal ganglion cell axons and dendrites in the zebrafish. TOP2B has been shown...
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    anaerobic environments. IPP is then able to isomerize to DMAPP via IPP isomerase. Two GGPP molecules condense via phytoene synthase (PSY), forming the...
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    Prostaglandin-H2 D-isomerase (PTGDS) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PTGDS gene. The protein encoded by this gene is a glutathione-independent...
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  • endophthalmitis (an infection inside the eye), retinal artery occlusion (blockage of the artery in the retina) and retinal detachment (separation of the retina...
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    hydrochloride, it is the first synthetic medicinal compound shown to affect retinal disease processes when taken by mouth. Emixustat was invented by the British-American...
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    Additional common adverse reactions include rash, anemia, epistaxis, serous retinal detachment, extremity pain, dyspepsia, blurred vision, peripheral edema...
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  • pathways, IPP is isomerized to DMAPP by the enzyme isopentenyl pyrophosphate isomerase. Geranyl pyrophosphate is the precursor to monoterpenes (and hence monoterpenoids)...
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  • the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on gene therapy for retinal diseases. Her laboratory developed the first FDA approved gene therapy...
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  • sickle cell anemia in Arabs article about Birth defects Glucose phosphate isomerase deficiency responsible for unexpected hemolytic episodes. one of late...
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  • infection. When used for eye disease side effects can include vision loss and retinal detachment. Bevacizumab is a monoclonal antibody that functions as an angiogenesis...
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    to dimethylallyl pyrophosphate by the enzyme isopentenyl pyrophosphate isomerase. IPP can be synthesised via an alternative non-mevalonate pathway of isoprenoid...
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  • emissions resembling that of retinal bound rhodopsin, the photosensor molecule bound to PYP should resemble the structure of retinal bound rhodopsin, the photosensor...
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    1 and 2 using NADPH to form (+)-cis-isopulegone. (+)-cis-Isopulegone isomerase (iPI) then isomerizes the remaining double bond to form (+)-pulegone....
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