Retinitis pigmentosa is an inherited progressive disease which is a major cause of blindness in western communities. It can be inherited as an autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, or X-linked recessive disorder. In the autosomal dominant form,which comprises about 25% of total cases, approximately 30% of families have mutations in the gene encoding the rod photoreceptor-specific protein rhodopsin. This is the transmembrane protein which, when photoexcited, initiates the visual transduction cascade. Defects in RHO （rhodopsin）are also one of the causes of congenital stationary night blindness.蛋白別名為：RHO; OPN2; Rhodopsin; Opsin-2;基因ID為：6010；蛋白質ID:P08100
應用類型
IHC-p，ELISA補充：最優的抗體稀釋比例需要基于客戶實驗進行優化.建議的起始稀釋比例如下: IHC-p: 1:100-1:300, ELISA: 1:10000. Not yet tested in other applications.
免疫原
合成多肽：human Rhodopsin around the phosphorylation site of S334.
