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The opsins

scientific article published in March 2005
Cephalochordate melanopsin: evolutionary linkage between invertebrate visual cells and vertebrate photosensitive retinal ganglion cells.

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A Novel Go-mediated Phototransduction Cascade in Scallop Visual Cells

scientific article published on September 12, 1997
Amphioxus homologs of Go-coupled rhodopsin and peropsin having 11-cis- and all-trans-retinals as their chromophores.

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Bistable UV pigment in the lamprey pineal.

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Homologs of vertebrate Opn3 potentially serve as a light sensor in nonphotoreceptive tissue

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Parietal-eye phototransduction components and their potential evolutionary implications.

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Expression and comparative characterization of Gq-coupled invertebrate visual pigments and melanopsin.

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Highly conserved glutamic acid in the extracellular IV-V loop in rhodopsins acts as the counterion in retinochrome, a member of the rhodopsin family.

scientific article published in December 2000
Diversity of animal opsin-based pigments and their optogenetic potential

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Photochemical and biochemical properties of chicken blue-sensitive cone visual pigment.

scientific article published in October 1997
Depth perception from image defocus in a jumping spider.

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Gq-coupled rhodopsin subfamily composed of invertebrate visual pigment and melanopsin.

scientific article published on 29 May 2008
Retinal-binding protein as a shuttle for retinal in the rhodopsin-retinochrome system of the squid visual cells

scientific article published on 01 January 1989
Conserved proline residue at position 189 in cone visual pigments as a determinant of molecular properties different from rhodopsins.

scientific article published on December 2002
Distinct roles of the second and third cytoplasmic loops of bovine rhodopsin in G protein activation

scientific article published on 01 November 2000
Functional properties of opsins and their contribution to light-sensing physiology

scientific article published on October 2014
Presence of Two Rhodopsin Intermediates Responsible for Transducin Activation

scientific article published on November 18, 1997
Origin of the vertebrate visual cycle: genes encoding retinal photoisomerase and two putative visual cycle proteins are expressed in whole brain of a primitive chordate

scientific article published in May 2003
Diversity and functional properties of bistable pigments

scientific article published on September 17, 2010
Pigmented and nonpigmented ocelli in the brain vesicle of the ascidian larva

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Identification and characterization of a protostome homologue of peropsin from a jumping spider.

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Water and peptide backbone structure in the active center of bovine rhodopsin

scientific article published on 01 May 1997
The hydrogen-bonding network of water molecules and the peptide backbone in the region connecting Asp83, Gly120, and Glu113 in bovine rhodopsin

scientific article published on 01 December 1998
Interaction of GTP-binding protein Gq with photoactivated rhodopsin in the photoreceptor membranes of crayfish

scientific article published on 01 September 1993
Expression of UV-sensitive parapinopsin in the iguana parietal eyes and its implication in UV-sensitivity in vertebrate pineal-related organs

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Light-modulated subcellular localization of the alpha-subunit of GTP-binding protein Gq in crayfish photoreceptors

scientific article published on 01 May 1996
Structural changes in the Schiff base region of squid rhodopsin upon photoisomerization studied by low-temperature FTIR spectroscopy.

scientific article published in March 2006
Absorption Characteristics of Vertebrate Non-Visual Opsin, Opn3.

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Evolution and mechanism of spectral tuning of blue-absorbing visual pigments in butterflies

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Selective activation of G-protein subtypes by vertebrate and invertebrate rhodopsins

scientific article published on 01 November 1998
Squid photoreceptor phospholipase C is stimulated by membrane Gq alpha but not by soluble Gq alpha

scientific article published on 01 December 1995
Chimeric nature of pinopsin between rod and cone visual pigments

scientific article published on 01 November 1999
Identification of a new intermediate state that binds but not activates transducin in the bleaching process of bovine rhodopsin

scientific article published on 01 March 1998
Diversification of non-visual photopigment parapinopsin in spectral sensitivity for diverse pineal functions.

scientific article published on 15 September 2015
Isolation and characterization of a retinal-binding protein from the squid retina

scientific article published on 01 January 1987
The second cytoplasmic loop of metabotropic glutamate receptor functions at the third loop position of rhodopsin

scientific article published on 01 July 2001
Green-sensitive opsin is the photoreceptor for photic entrainment of an insect circadian clock

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Activation of Transducin by Bistable Pigment Parapinopsin in the Pineal Organ of Lower Vertebrates

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Distribution of mammalian-like melanopsin in cyclostome retinas exhibiting a different extent of visual functions

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Conformational change of the transmembrane helices II and IV of metabotropic glutamate receptor involved in G protein activation.

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Analysis of amino acid residues in rhodopsin and cone visual pigments that determine their molecular properties

scientific article published on 01 January 2000
Light-regulated localization of the beta-subunit of Gq-type G-protein in the crayfish photoreceptors

scientific article published on 01 October 1998
Retinal Attachment Instability Is Diversified among Mammalian Melanopsins

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Heterogeneity of rhodopsin intermediate state interacting with transducin

scientific article published on 01 January 2000
β-arrestin functionally regulates the non-bleaching pigment parapinopsin in lamprey pineal

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A pivot between helices V and VI near the retinal-binding site is necessary for activation in rhodopsins.

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Difference in molecular structure of rod and cone visual pigments studied by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.

scientific article published in March 2001
Convergent evolution of tertiary structure in rhodopsin visual proteins from vertebrates and box jellyfish.

scientific article published on 23 May 2018
Probing for the threshold energy for visual transduction: red-shifted visual pigment analogs from 3-methoxy-3-dehydroretinal and related compounds

scientific article published on 01 July 1999

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