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- giving H2O. Retinylidene is the divalent group formed by removing the oxygen atom from retinal, and so opsins have been called retinylidene proteins. Opsins...
- Retinylidene proteins, or rhodopsins in a broad sense, are proteins that use retinal as a chromop**** for light reception. They are the molecular basis...
- When an opsin binds retinal to form a holoprotein, it is referred to as Retinylidene protein. However, the distinction is often ignored, and opsin may refer...
- ac****ulation leads to formation of toxic cationic bis-pyridinium salt, N-retinylidene-N-retinyl-ethanolamine (A2E), which causes human dry and wet age-related...
- strong light leads to formation of toxic cationic bis-pyridinium salt, N-retinylidene-N-retinyl-ethanolamine (A2E), which causes dry and wet age-related macular...
- flavoproteins and retinylidene proteins (rhodopsins). Flavoproteins are characterized by containing flavin molecules as chromop****s, whereas retinylidene proteins...
- base with a conserved lysine residue, and interaction of light with the retinylidene group causes signal transduction in color vision (See visual cycle for...
- intensities. The visual cycle occurs via G-protein coupled receptors called retinylidene proteins which consists of a visual opsin and a chromop**** 11-cis-retinal...
- chromop****, typically retinal. When bound to retinal, opsins become retinylidene proteins, but are usually still called opsins regardless. Most prominently...
- towards its discovery. Retinal is a chromop**** that forms photosensitive Retinylidene proteins when covalently bound to proteins called opsins. Retinal can...