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Chemistry of the active site of rhodopsin

M. Akhtar, M. D. Hirtenstein

Biochemical Journal · 1969 · 23 citations · 9 references

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Abstract

Rhodopsin, the light-sensitive protein of bovine retina, consists of a lipoprotein, opsin, and a polyene aldehyde, 11-ci8-retinal (Krinsky, 1958; Matthews, Hubbard, Brown & Wald

References

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Tautomeric Forms of Metarhodopsin

Rowena G. Matthews, Ruth Hubbard, Paul K. Brown et al. · The Journal of General Physiology · 1963 · 602 citations · Full text

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Site of Attachment of Retinal in Rhodopsin

Deric Bownds · Nature · 1967 · 352 citations

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Reaction of the Rhodopsin Chromophore with Sodium Borohydride

Deric Bownds, George Wald · Nature · 1965 · 143 citations

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Lipid to Protein Chromophore Transfer in the Photolysis of Visual Pigments

Raymond P. Poincelot, P.G. Millar, Raymond L. Kimbel et al. · Nature · 1969 · 117 citations

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Studies on vision. The nature of the retinal–opsin linkage

M. Akhtar, P. T. Blosse, Peter B. Dewhurst · Biochemical Journal · 1968 · 106 citations · Full text

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