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Novel retinylidene iminium salts for defining opsin shifts: Synthesis and intrinsic chromophoric properties
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Retinal Schiff bases serve as chromophores in many photoactive proteins that carry out functions such as signalling and light-induced ion translocation. The retinal Schiff base can be found as neutral or protonated, as all-trans, 11-cis or 13-cis isomers