The kinetics of formation of metarhodopsin in intact photoreceptors of the fly

K. Kirschfeld, R. Feiler, B. Minke*

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Abstract

The formation of metarhodopsin in fly photoreceptor no. 1 — 6 occurs at room temperature with a time constant of 125 μs (Q10 ≈ 2.5). The formation of rhodopsin is faster by factor of 1/10 to 1/100 at least.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1009-1010
Number of pages2
JournalZeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences
Volume33
Issue number11-12
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 1978

Keywords

  • Bistable Visual Pigments
  • Kinetics

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