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Animal opsins are G-protein-coupled
receptors and a
group of
proteins made light-sensitive via a chromop****,
typically retinal. When
bound to retinal...
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wavelengths of
opsins with
those of
typical humans (S-
opsin at 420 nm and L-
opsin at 560 nm). Most
mammals have
retained only two
opsin classes (LWS and...
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Vertebrate visual opsins are a
subclass of
ciliary opsins and
mediate vision in vertebrates. They
include the
opsins in
human rod and cone cells. They...
- an apoprotein, he
called it
opsin,
which today would be
described more
narrowly as apo-rhodopsin. Today, the term
opsin refers more
broadly to the class...
- retinaldehyde) is a
polyene chromop****. Retinal,
bound to
proteins called opsins, is the
chemical basis of
visual phototransduction, the light-detection...
- humans). In
addition to the S-
opsin,
catarrhine primates have two
adjacent opsin genes on the X chromosome: M-
opsin (middle wave sensitive, encoded...
- retina. A
photon is
absorbed by a
retinal chromop**** (each
bound to an
opsin),
which initiates a
signal cascade through several intermediate cells, then...
- It is
caused by
variation in the
functionality of the red and/or
green opsin proteins,
which are the
photosensitive pigment in the cone
cells of the...
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individuals with
congenital color blindness by
introducing typical alleles for
opsin genes.
Animal testing for gene
therapy began in 2007 with a 2009 breakthrough...
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difference for the
opsin Rh5 (435 nm and 437 nm),
while the
opsin R6 is long wave
shifted by 92 nm from 508 nm to 600 nm.
Additionally of the
opsins of the eye...
