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PHOTOAFFINITY LABELING OF BOVINE RHODOPSIN
Sen, Ranjan,Singh, Anil K.,Balogh-Nair, Valeria,Nakanishi, Koji
, p. 493 - 500 (2007/10/02)
Photoaffinity labeled (3-diazoacetoxy)-9-cis-retinal (1) and (9-methylenediazoacetoxy)-9-cis-retinal (2) were synthesized and bound to bovine opsin to obtain visual pigment analogs having absorption maxima at 465 and 460 nm respectively.Binding studies es
A Remarkable Blue Shift of Retinal Protonated Schiff Base due to Electrostatic Interaction of Positive Charges
Sheves, Mordechai,Baasov, Timor,Friedman, Noga
, p. 77 - 79 (2007/10/02)
The absorption maxima of retinyl iminium polyene are most strongly affected by non-conjugated positive charge located in the vicinity of the β-ionyl moiety (2) than by those located in the vicinity of carbon atoms 12-14 (1).
