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Synthesis of a photoaffinity-labeled (11Z)-retinal: Identification of retinal/rhodopsin cross-linked sites along the visual-transduction path
Souto, Maria L.,Um, Joann,Borhan, Babak,Nakanishi, Koji
, p. 2617 - 2628 (2007/10/03)
The retinal chromophore (11Z)-3-diazo-4-oxoretinal (1) with two photo-labile moieties has been synthesized by semi-hydrogenation of an 11-yne precursor with activated Zn in aqueous media. Incorporation of 1 into opsin yielded diazoketo rhodopsin (DK-Rh),
