Unique retinal binding pocket of primate blue-sensitive visual pigment
Y. Nonaka, S. Hanai, K. Katayama, H. Imai, H. Kandori
The paper investigates the unique photochemistry of primate blue-sensitive visual pigment by showing that 9-cis retinal does not form in monkey blue pigment at low temperatures, suggesting structural constraints in its chromophore binding pocket.
bioRxiv · May 29, 2020Biochemistry