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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 18.
Published in final edited form as: Prog Retin Eye Res. 2015 Jul 15;49:46–66. doi: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2015.07.004

Table 1.

A summary of published human opsin absorption maxima (λmax) from 1964 to 2011. Data here show that the absorption maxima are not single values but instead represent an absorption range. This absorption range results from different experimental methods and polymorphisms within the opsins. For simplicity, we have used values published previously (Neitz and Neitz, 2011).

Human Rhodopsin: λmax 496 nm (Dartnall et al., 1983), 497 nm (Bowmaker and Dartnall, 1980), 505 nm (Brown and Wald, 1964), 498 nm (Nathans, 1990).
Human SWS1: λmax 426 nm (Merbs and Nathans, 1992), 424 nm (Oprian et al., 1991), 419 nm (Dartnall et al., 1983), 410 nm (Asenjo et al., 1994), 420 nm (Bowmaker and Dartnall, 1980), 450 nm (Brown and Wald, 1964), 420 nm (Neitz and Neitz, 2011).
Human M/LWS: λmax 530 nm (Merbs and Nathans, 1992), 530 nm (Oprian et al., 1991), 530 nm (Dartnall et al., 1983), 532 nm (Asenjo et al., 1994), 533 nm (Bowmaker and Dartnall, 1980), 525 nm (Brown and Wald, 1964), 530 nm (Neitz and Neitz, 2011).
Human L/LWS: λmax 552 nm (Merbs and Nathans, 1992), 560 nm (Oprian et al., 1991), 558 nm (Dartnall et al., 1983), 563 nm (Asenjo et al., 1994), 562 nm (Bowmaker and Dartnall, 1980), 555 nm (Brown and Wald, 1964), 557.5 nm (Neitz and Neitz, 2011).
Human melanopsin λmax 479 nm (Bailes and Lucas, 2013)