Rhodopsin: An Enzyme

1 March 1963

journal article
research article
Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 139 (3557) , 848
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.139.3557.848

Abstract

Examination of the adenosine tri-phosphatase activity of digitonin extracts of frog rhodopsin led to the conclusion that rhodopsin is an adenosine triphosphatase which requires the attachment of its retinene chromophore for activity either in the light or dark. The retinene may act both as a light trap and as a co-factor for the enzyme.

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