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ReviewProgress in retinal and eye research2022

Retinal pigment epithelium 65 kDa protein (RPE65): An update.

Philip D Kiser

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Review in Progress in retinal and eye research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
57citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

57 citing papers in PubMed, 85 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Philip D KiserResearch Service, VA Long Beach Healthcare System, Long Beach, CA, 90822, USA; Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA; Department of Ophthalmology and Center for Translational Vision Research, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA. Electronic address: pkiser@uci.edu.
University of California, Irvine · US

Funding

Use of systems pharmacology to prevent rod and cone photoreceptor degenerationR24EY027283 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI PALCZEWSKI, KRZYSZTOF · 2017 to 2021
$7.9M
Retinoid cycles and retinal disease treatmentI01BX004939 · VA · VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION · PI KISER, PHILIP DAVID · 2020 to 2025
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BLRD VA I01 BX004939NEI NIH HHS R24 EY027283
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vertebrate vision critically depends on an 11-cis-retinoid renewal system known as the visual cycle. At the heart of this metabolic pathway is an enzyme known as retinal pigment epithelium 65 kDa protein (RPE65), which catalyzes an unusual, possibly biochemically unique, reaction consisting of a coupled all-trans-retinyl ester hydrolysis and alkene geometric isomerization to produce 11-cis-retinol. Early work on this isomerohydrolase demonstrated its membership to the carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase superfamily and its essentiality for 11-cis-retinal production in the vertebrate retina. Three independent studies published in 2005 established RPE65 as the actual isomerohydrolase instead of a retinoid-binding protein as previously believed. Since the last devoted review of RPE65 enzymology appeared in this journal, major advances have been made in a number of areas including our understanding of the mechanistic details of RPE65 isomerohydrolase activity, its phylogenetic origins, the relationship of its membrane binding affinity to its catalytic activity, its role in visual chromophore production for rods and cones, its modulation by macromolecules and small molecules, and the involvement of RPE65 mutations in the development of retinal diseases. In this article, I will review these areas of progress with the goal of integrating results from the varied experimental approaches to provide a comprehensive picture of RPE65 biochemistry. Key outstanding questions that may prove to be fruitful future research pursuits will also be highlighted.

Indexed as

cis-trans-IsomerasesRetinal Pigment EpitheliumAnimalsEye ProteinsHumansPhylogenyRetinoidsVertebratescis-trans-IsomerasesEye ProteinsRetinoidsCarbocationInhibitorIsomeraseIsomerohydrolaseNon-heme iron enzymePhotoreceptorsRetinal pigment epitheliumVisual cycle

Identifiers

PMID34607013
PMCPMC8975950
OpenAlexW3204034645

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