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This short review summarizes recent results and hypotheses about the activation mechanism of photoreceptor enzymes via photoexcitation of rhodopsin.
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Kühn, H., Chabre, M. Light-dependent interactions between rhodopsin and photoreceptor enzymes. Biophys. Struct. Mechanism 9, 231–234 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00535658
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