GPR179 explained

Probable G-protein coupled receptor 179 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GPR179 gene.^[1]

Clinical relevance

Mutations in this gene have been associated to cases of congenital stationary Night Blindness.^[2]

Further reading

• Bjarnadóttir TK, Fredriksson R, Schiöth HB . The gene repertoire and the common evolutionary history of glutamate, pheromone (V2R), taste(1) and other related G protein-coupled receptors. . Gene . 362 . 70–84 . 2006 . 16229975 . 10.1016/j.gene.2005.07.029 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Entrez Gene: GPR179 G protein-coupled receptor 179.
2. Audo I, Bujakowska K, Orhan E, Poloschek CM, Defoort-Dhellemmes S, Drumare I, Kohl S, Luu TD, Lecompte O, Zrenner E, Lancelot ME, Antonio A, Germain A, Michiels C, Audier C, Letexier M, Saraiva JP, Leroy BP, Munier FL, Mohand-Saïd S, Lorenz B, Friedburg C, Preising M, Kellner U, Renner AB, Moskova-Doumanova V, Berger W, Wissinger B, Hamel CP, Schorderet DF, De Baere E, Sharon D, Banin E, Jacobson SG, Bonneau D, Zanlonghi X, Le Meur G, Casteels I, Koenekoop R, Long VW, Meire F, Prescott K, de Ravel T, Simmons I, Nguyen H, Dollfus H, Poch O, Léveillard T, Nguyen-Ba-Charvet K, Sahel JA, Bhattacharya SS, Zeitz C . Whole-Exome Sequencing Identifies Mutations in GPR179 Leading to Autosomal-Recessive Complete Congenital Stationary Night Blindness. . American Journal of Human Genetics . 90 . 2 . 321–30 . Feb 10, 2012 . 22325361 . 3276675 . 10.1016/j.ajhg.2011.12.007 .