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PMID: 8807853 Published · ppublish English Journal Article Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. Review

Polyenes and vision.

Chemistry & biology ·Vol. 3 ·No. 4 ·1996-04-00 ·Pages 255-62

Rando RR

Abstract

Polyenes are important for vision in all sighted species. The visual pigments (the rhodopsins) all use 11-cis-retinal as the chromophore; some possible reasons for the importance of this isomer are now emerging. New results on the involvement of xanthophils in the maintenance of the retina are also discussed.

MeSH Terms
Humans Polyenes/metabolism Retinaldehyde/metabolism Rhodopsin/metabolism Vision, Ocular/physiology
Chemicals
Polyenes Rhodopsin Retinaldehyde
Authors & Affiliations
1 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Rando R R
Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Article Info
Journal
Chemistry & biology
Abbr.
Chem Biol
ISSN
1074-5521
DOI
10.1016/s1074-5521(96)90105-2
Published
1996-04-00
Pages
255-62
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
9500160
Subset
IM
Grants
NEI NIH HHS · EY-04096 · United States
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1016/s1074-5521(96)90105-2 View journal details
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