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. 1972 Jul;69(7):1897–1899. doi: 10.1073/pnas.69.7.1897

Ultraviolet Chromophore Transitions in the Rhodopsin Spectrum

Thomas G Ebrey 1, Barry Honig 1
PMCID: PMC426827  PMID: 4505668

Abstract

Difference spectra measured at -105° show two decreases in the ultraviolet absorption spectrum of rhodopsin upon bleaching that cannot be attributed to changes in protein conformation. These absorbancy decreases in rhodopsin are consistent with a cis-trans isomerization of the chromophore.

Keywords: cis peaks, perturbation difference spectra, retinal, Schiff bases

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