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SUBMITTER: Filipek S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1435697 | biostudies-literature | 2003
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Filipek Sławomir S Stenkamp Ronald E RE Teller David C DC Palczewski Krzysztof K
Annual review of physiology 20020501
Rhodopsin is a retinal photoreceptor protein of bipartite structure consisting of the transmembrane protein opsin and a light-sensitive chromophore 11-cis-retinal, linked to opsin via a protonated Schiff base. Studies on rhodopsin have unveiled many structural and functional features that are common to a large and pharmacologically important group of proteins from the G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) superfamily, of which rhodopsin is the best-studied member. In this work, we focus on structura ...[more]