Melanopsin Spontaneously Releases the Chromophore Retinal (IMAGE)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

Melanopsin Spontaneously Releases the Chromophore Retinal

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A mammalian photoreceptive protein melanopsin spontaneously releases the chromophore retinal. The property would be important to regulate non-visual photoreception in mammals.

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