Variants in CNGB1 (MIM# 600724, Cyclic nucleotide‐gated channel β1) are associated with autosomal recessive RP 45 (RP45, MIM# 613767; Bareil et al., 2001), accounting for approximately 1%–4% of autosomal recessive RP cases (Ge et al., 2015; Maeda et al., 2008; Xu et al., 2014). The gene discussed is CNGB1; the disease is retinitis pigmentosa 1.