Adenosine diphosphate (ADP)-ribosylation factor-like 2 (ARL2) protein participates in a broad range of cellular processes and acts as a mediator for mutant ARL2BP in cilium-associated retinitis pigmentosa and for mutant HRG4 in mitochondria-related photoreceptor degeneration. However, mutant ARL2
Photoreceptor cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels regulate Ca2+ influx in rod and cone photoreceptors. Mutations in cone CNG channel subunits CNGA3 and CNGB3 are associated with achromatopsia and cone dystrophies. Mice lacking functional cone CNG channel show endoplasmic reticulum (ER)