Retinal
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retinal-210-4354390
title:
Retinal
text:
Retinal is a polyene chromophore. Retinal, bound to proteins called opsins, is the chemical basis of visual phototransduction, the light-detection stage of visual perception (vision). Some microorganisms use retinal to convert light into metabolic energy. In fact, a recent study suggests most living organisms on our planet ~3 billion years ago used retinal, rather than chlorophyll, to convert sunlight into energy. Since retinal absorbs mostly green light and transmits purple light, this gave ris
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Vitamin A aldehyde, a polyene chromophore
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retinal
date created:
2004-09-23T05:05:19Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T20:15:31Z
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