Spectral tuning mediated by helix III in butterfly long wavelength-sensitive visual opsins revealed by heterologous action spectroscopy
Abstract Absorption spectra of opsin-based pigments are tuned from the UV to the red regions by interactions of the chromophore with surrounding amino acid residues. Both vertebrates and invertebrates possess long-wavelength-sensitive (LWS) opsins, which underlie color vision involving “red” sensing...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-12-01
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| Series: | Zoological Letters |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40851-019-0150-2 |