Ultrafast X-Rays Capture Retinal Traversing Conical Intersection in Rhodopsin
Thomas D. Grant, Suchithranga M.D.C. Perera, Leslie A. Salas-Estrada, C. Swathi K. Menon, Струц Андрей Владимирович, Xiaolin Xu, Steven D.E. Fried, Nipuna Weerasinghe, Udeep Chawla, Roberto C. Alvarez, Hao Hu, Konstantinos Karpos, Stella Lisova, Reza Nazari, Sahba Zaare, , Michael F. Brown
This study uses ultrafast X-ray scattering to observe retinal cis-trans isomerization in rhodopsin, revealing how cofactor dynamics drive activation without crystal lattice constraints.
bioRxiv · Jul 16, 2026 · PreprintBiophysics