Structural differences underlying red and green cone pigments (IMAGE)

Nagoya Institute of Technology

Structural differences underlying red and green cone pigments

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In macaque cone pigments, just three amino acid substitutions (A180S, F277Y, and A285T) account for nearly the entire 30 nm shift in light absorption underlying red–green color discrimination.

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Associate Professor Kota Katayama from Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan

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