CHAPTER 15 THE SPECIAL SENSES - Warner Pacific University

Figure 15.16 The formation and breakdown of rhodopsin. 11-cis-retinal Bleaching of1 the pigment: Light absorption by rhodopsin triggers a rapid series of steps in which retinal changes shape (11-cis to all-trans) and eventually releases from opsin. Rhodopsin Opsin and Regeneration of the pigment: Enzymes slowly convert all-trans retinal to its ... ................
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