The photoreaction of vacuum-dried rhodop
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U.M. Ganter; E.D. Schmid; F. Siebert
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Article
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1988
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The photoreaction of vacuum-dried rhodopsin was monitored by UV-visible absorption spectroscopy. The results indicate that in dry rhodopsin, isorhodopsin and lumirhodopsin a protonation equilibrium exists between the protonated and the non-protonated Schiff base. On hydration the water stabilizes th