retinaldehyde has been researched along with Color-Vision-Defects* in 2 studies
2 review(s) available for retinaldehyde and Color-Vision-Defects
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Advances in understanding the molecular basis of the first steps in color vision.
Serving as one of our primary environmental inputs, vision is the most sophisticated sensory system in humans. Here, we present recent findings derived from energetics, genetics and physiology that provide a more advanced understanding of color perception in mammals. Energetics of cis-trans isomerization of 11-cis-retinal accounts for color perception in the narrow region of the electromagnetic spectrum and how human eyes can absorb light in the near infrared (IR) range. Structural homology models of visual pigments reveal complex interactions of the protein moieties with the light sensitive chromophore 11-cis-retinal and that certain color blinding mutations impair secondary structural elements of these G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Finally, we identify unsolved critical aspects of color tuning that require future investigation. Topics: Animals; cis-trans-Isomerases; Color Perception; Color Vision Defects; Humans; Mammals; Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Cells; Retinal Pigments; Retinaldehyde; Rhodopsin | 2015 |
Colour vision. Dalton's eyes and monkey genes.
Recent molecular genetic studies show how changes in the protein component of a visual pigment alters its absorbance; they also explain the abnormal colour vision of one of the great pioneers of visual science. Topics: Animals; Cercopithecidae; Chemistry; Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7; Color Perception; Color Vision Defects; England; History, 18th Century; History, 19th Century; Humans; Mutation; Night Blindness; Protein Conformation; Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Cells; Retinaldehyde; Rhodopsin; Rod Opsins; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; X Chromosome | 1995 |