Abstract
Denaturation of rhodopsin by guanidine hydrochloride provides support for the hypothesis that the colour of the rhodopsin chromophore arises from secondary interactions of native opsin with a protonated Schiff base.
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HUBBARD, R. Absorption Spectrum of Rhodopsin: 500 nm Absorption Band. Nature 221, 432–435 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221432a0
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