Phototransduction: Making the Chromophore to See Through the Murk

Phototransduction: Making the Chromophore to See Through the Murk

A candidate gene approach has finally identified the 3,4-dehydrogenase that converts vitamin A1 into vitamin A2 to supply the chromophore for rhodopsin that freshwater vertebrates need for long-wavelength vision. A candidate gene approach has finally identified the 3,4-dehydrogenase that converts vi...

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Published in:Current biology Vol. 25; no. 23; pp. R1126 - R1127
Main Author: Fain, Gordon L.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England Elsevier Ltd 07-12-2015
Subjects:
Animals
Humans
Light Signal Transduction
Rhodopsin
Vertebrates
Vision, Ocular
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Summary:A candidate gene approach has finally identified the 3,4-dehydrogenase that converts vitamin A1 into vitamin A2 to supply the chromophore for rhodopsin that freshwater vertebrates need for long-wavelength vision. A candidate gene approach has finally identified the 3,4-dehydrogenase that converts vitamin A1 into vitamin A2 to supply the chromophore for rhodopsin that freshwater vertebrates need for long-wavelength vision.
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ISSN:0960-9822
1879-0445
DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2015.10.004