RETINENE ISOMERASE
Open Access
- 20 July 1956
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of general physiology
- Vol. 39 (6) , 935-962
- https://doi.org/10.1085/jgp.39.6.935
Abstract
Rhodopsin is formed by the condensation of opsin with a cis isomer of retinene, called neo-b. The bleaching of rhodopsin releases all-trans retinene which must be isomerized back to neo-b in order for rhodopsin to regenerate. Both retinene isomers are in equilibrium with the corresponding isomers of vitamin A, through the alcohol dehydrogenase system.Keywords
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