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SUBMITTER: Wang W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4104663 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Wenjing W Geiger James H JH Borhan Babak B
BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology 20131024 1
The evolution of a variety of important chromophore-dependent biological processes, including microbial light sensing and mammalian color vision, relies on protein modifications that alter the spectral characteristics of a bound chromophore. Three different color opsins share the same chromophore, but have three distinct absorptions that together cover the entire visible spectrum, giving rise to trichromatic vision. The influence of opsins on the absorbance of the chromophore has been studied th ...[more]