Spectral Tuning of Rhodopsin and Visual Cone Pigments.

Retinal is the light-absorbing biochromophore responsible for the activation of vision pigments and light-driven ion pumps. Nature has evolved molecular tuning mechanisms that significantly shift the optical properties of the retinal pigments to enable their absorption of visible light. Using large-...

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Publicado en:	Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 136; no. 7; pp. 2723 - 2727
Autores principales:	Xiuwen Zhou, Sundholm, Dage, Wesołowski, Tomasz A., Kaila, Ville R I.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	American Chemical Society 2/19/2014
Materias:	Rhodopsin Chromophores Retinal (Visual pigment) Ion pumps (Biology) Quantum chemistry Proton transfer reactions Electrostatics Density functional theory
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