Abstract

A review of physicochemical properties, photochemistry, functions, and evolution of retinal-containing proteins (microbial and of metazoan rhodopsins, mostly visual rhodopsins) is provided. Comparative physiology of visual rhodopsins is considered in detail, mainly the molecular mechanisms of their spectral tuning.

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