Regeneration of ultraviolet pigments of vertebrates

FEBS Letters

Radlwimmer, F.Bernhard¹  Kawamura, Shoji²  Yokoyama, Shozo¹ 

[1] Biological Research Laboratories, Department of Biology, Syracuse University, 130 College Place, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA;Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo 113, Japan

关键词: Ultraviolet visual pigment;    Opsin;    Absorption spectrum;    Molecular evolution;    Vertebrate;   

DOI  :  10.1016/S0014-5793(98)00086-6

学科分类：生物化学/生物物理

来源: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

【 摘 要 】

We report here the regeneration of the visual pigments of mouse, rat, goldfish and pigeon, which have wavelengths of maximal absorption at 359 nm, 358 nm, 359 nm, and 393 nm, respectively. The construction and functional assays of the ultraviolet or near-ultraviolet pigments from a wide range of vertebrate species will allow us to study the molecular bases of ultraviolet vision for the first time.

【 授权许可】

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