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Abstract
Activation of the visual pigment by light in rod and cone photoreceptors initiates our visual perception. As a result, the signaling properties of visual pigments, consisting of a protein, opsin, and a chromophore, 11-cis-retinal, play a key role in shaping the light responses of photoreceptors. The combination of pharmacological, physiological, and genetic tools has been a powerful approach advancing our understanding of the interactions between opsin and chromophore and how they affect the function of visual pigments. The signaling properties of the visual pigments modulate many aspects of the function of rods and cones, producing their unique physiological properties.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 22074928 PMCID: PMC3265844 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.R111.303008
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Biol Chem ISSN: 0021-9258 Impact factor: 5.157