Visual System and Opsin in Insect

doi:10.16409/j.cnki.2095-039x.2023.05.004

Abstract

Abstract: Insects have a well-developed and sensitive visual system, and opsin is a basic component of animal vision, and its structure largely determines the sensitivity of visual pigments to light of different wavelengths. The duplication and differentiation of opsin genes are the main mechanisms for the production of new light pigment sensitivity. Throughout the evolution of animals, many instances of opsin gene duplication and loss have occurred, forming the sensitivity of the various animal visual systems we observe today. In recent years, extensive and in-depth research has been carried out on visual proteins. This article describes the types of photoreceptors, the color vision system of insects, the classification of visual proteins, the phenomenon of co-expression of visual proteins, the duplication and deletion of visual protein genes, and the mechanism and research status of the physiological functions of visual proteins.

Key words: photoreceptor, opsin, vision system, molecular evolution

CLC Number:

S476

TANG Yanhong, BI Siyan, WANG Xiaodi, MA Dongfang, YANG Nianwan, GUO Jianyang, LÜ Zhichuang, LIU Wanxue. Visual System and Opsin in Insect[J]. Chinese Journal of Biological Control, 2023, 39(3): 718-730.

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