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SUBMITTER: Yokoyama S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1963460 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yokoyama Shozo S Takenaka Naomi N Blow Nathan N
Gene 20070414 1
The molecular bases of spectral tuning in the UV-, violet-, and blue-sensitive pigments are not well understood. Using the in vitro assay, here we show that the SWS1, SWS2-A, and SWS2-B pigments of bluefin killifish (Lucania goodei) have the wavelengths of maximal absorption (lambda(max)'s) of 354, 448, and 397 nm, respectively. The spectral difference between the SWS2-A and SWS2-B pigments is largest among those of all currently known pairs of SWS2 pigments within a species. The SWS1 pigment co ...[more]