RP1

Oxygen-regulated protein 1 also known as retinitis pigmentosa 1 protein (RP1) is a is_associated_with::protein that in humans is encoded by the RP1 is_associated_with::gene.

Function
Initially named for its response to in vivo retinal oxygen levels (designated ORP1 for 'oxygen-regulated protein-1'), this gene was subsequently linked to autosomal dominant is_associated_with::retinitis pigmentosa and was renamed RP1 for 'retinitis pigmentosa 1'. The data suggest that mutations in this gene cause dominant RP, and that the encoded protein has an important but unknown role in photoreceptor biology.