News From The Journal Of Neuroscience 3-Feb-2009

1. IRBP Is Required for Retinaldehyde Transport Minghao Jin, Songhua Li, Steven Nusinowitz, Marcia Lloyd, Jane Hu, Roxana A. Radu, Dean Bok, and Gabriel H. Travis In photoreceptors, absorption of a photon by an opsin-associated chromophore causes isomerization of 11-cis to all-trans retinaldehyde, which activates the opsin. Before the chromophore can absorb another photon, the all-trans isomer must be converted back to the 11-cis form.

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