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678522

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1978-10-18
pubmed:abstractText
The resonance Raman spectra of bovine metarhodopsin I and metarhodopsin II have been measured. The spectra are compared with model chromophore resonance Raman data. It was found that metarhodopsin I is linked to opsin via a protonated Schiff base linkage, whereas metarhodopsin II is linked by an unprotonated Schiff base. A recent suggestion that the chromophore of metarhodopsin II is retinal is explicitly disproved. The chromophores of both metarhodopsins are found to have an essentially all-trans conformation. The basic mechanism for color regulation in both forms appears to be electron delocalization. The data tend to support the model of cis-trans isomerization as the primary mechanism for vision. Also, the conclusions and inferences of this work on energy uses and storage by rhodopsin in neural generation are discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0006-2960
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
13
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2430-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1978
pubmed:articleTitle
Resonance Raman studies of bovine metarhodopsin I and metarhodopsin II.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.