Visual phototransduction is the sensory transduction process of the visual system by which light is detected by photoreceptor cells (rods and cones) in...

of neuroepithelial cell found in the retina that is capable of visual phototransduction. The great biological importance of photoreceptors is that they...

the visual cycle. Free 11-cis-retinal is photosensitive and carries its own spectral sensitivity of 380nm. However, to trigger the phototransduction cascade...

proteins called opsins, is the chemical basis of visual phototransduction, the light-detection stage of visual perception (vision). Some microorganisms use...

(GPCR). It is a light-sensitive receptor protein that triggers visual phototransduction in rods. Rhodopsin mediates dim light vision and thus is extremely...

most visual opsins, meaning it captures the photons to begin the phototransduction cascade. When the photon is absorbed, the 11-cis retinal photoisomerizes...

metabolites to open ion channels. Retinylidene protein Visual cycle Visual phototransduction Microbial rhodopsin Channelrhodopsins Illustration Archived...

wavelengths that can both reach the retina and trigger visual phototransduction (excite a visual opsin). Insensitivity to UV light is generally limited...

Angueyra, J. M.; Rieke, F. (October 6, 2013). "Origin and effect of phototransduction noise in primate cone photoreceptors". Nature Neuroscience. 16 (11):...

than 800 types) have Sensory Functions like opsins, integral for visual phototransduction. Many of these sensory functions are unknown – for example, the...

of the ATP-binding cassette transporter (ABCA4) protein of the visual phototransduction cycle. Defective ABCA4 leads to improper shuttling of vitamin A...

of the retina, immediately photobleaches in response to light. Visual phototransduction starts with the isomerizing of the pigment chromophore from 11-cis...

Pharmacophore Photophore, glandular organ Pigment Spectroscopy Visual phototransduction Woodward's rules Kräutler, Bernhard (26 February 2016). "Breakdown...

process by which light initiates a sensory response is called visual phototransduction. Activation of a single unit of rhodopsin, the photosensitive pigment...

Bok, Michael J.; Porter, Megan L.; Nilsson, Dan-Eric (July 2017). "Phototransduction in fan worm radiolar eyes". Current Biology. 27 (14): R698–R699. Bibcode:2017CBio...

Kuzirian, Alan M.; Hanlon, Roger T.; Cronin, Thomas W. (2015). "Visual phototransduction components in cephalopod chromatophores suggest dermal photoreception"...

bacteriorhodopsin Halorhodopsin Proteorhodopsin Cyanobacteriochrome Visual cycle Visual phototransduction Visual perception Phototropism Phototaxis Circadian rhythm (body...

A. C.; Kuzirian, A. M.; Hanlon, R. T.; Cronin, T. W. (2015). "Visual phototransduction components in cephalopod chromatophores suggest dermal photoreception"...

Guanylate cyclase is found in the retina (RETGC) and modulates visual phototransduction in rods and cones. It is part of the calcium negative feedback...

11-cis-retinol dehydrogenase catalyzes the 11-cis retinaldehyde (the most common visual pigments in higher animals) formation. The enzyme is mainly expressed in...

common symptom. The conditions include: monochromatic color blindness, poor visual acuity, and day-blindness. The syndrome is also present in an incomplete...

simply as TRP channels, is named after their role in Drosophila visual phototransduction. This family, containing at least 28 members, is diverse in its...

in the regulation of visual phototransduction or in the integration of photoreceptor metabolism. It modulates the phototransduction cascade by interacting...

under development include several signaling pathways, mitosis, visual phototransduction and hematopoeisis. In summary, Reactome provides high-quality curated...

A. The protein is thought to participate in the regulation of visual phototransduction or in the integration of photoreceptor metabolism. Similar proteins...

retinal to the 11-cis isomer form needed in visual perception. Opsin Rhodopsin Visual cycle Visual phototransduction Microbial rhodopsin Spudich, John L.; Yang...

neural organisation of the visual system.” The first transformation of light to a neuronal signal (visual phototransduction) yields 3 channels, each proportional...

vertebrate retina rods and cones and it is very important in vertebrate phototransduction. It is a type of heterotrimeric G-protein with different α subunits...

of action. Visual phototransduction Retinol isomerase Bavik C, Henry SH, Zhang Y, Mitts K, McGinn T, Budzynski E, et al. (2015). "Visual Cycle Modulation...

transduce them into electrical signals. Photoreceptors are capable of phototransduction, a process which converts light (electromagnetic radiation) into,...