Structural Biochemistry/Biochemical Pathways of Vision

Biochemical Pathways for Vision center vertical Visual Process 400 In the gut.png Colored dice with white background Nutrients absorbed from diet are converted to Retinyl Esters for use in the visual cycle and storage in other tissue. Formation Rhodopsin.png Colored dice with checkered background Maturation of Rhodopsin. Results.png Colored dice with checkered background Interaction of Rhodopsin with rods and cones in the eye for both invertebrates and vertebrates. Visual Cycle.png Colored dice with checkered background Specifications of the Visual and Retinal Cycle found in the processes involving Rhodopsin. Formation.png Colored dice with checkered background Formation of functional visual pigments. Light Absorption.png Colored dice with checkered background 11-cis chromophores interacting with light. Completeing Absorpotion.png Colored dice with checkered background Polarization and depolarization following light interaction. Von Lintig, Johannes, Philip D. Kiser, Marcin Golczak, and Krzysztof Palczewski. "The Biochemical and Structural Basis for Trans-to-cis Isomerization of Retinoids in the Chemistry of Vision." Trends in Biochemical Sciences 35.7 (2010): 400-10. Print. References