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Function of the Protein RPE65 in the Visual Cycle

  • Wolf G
Nutrition Reviews (2005) 63(3) 97-100
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2005.tb00127.x
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Abstract

A protein called RPE65 performs a key role in the trans-cis isomerization of retinol in the retinal pigment epithelium of the eye. The palmitoylation of RPE65 serves to switch off the visual cycle in darkness and to switch it on in the light.

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Wolf, G. (2005). Function of the Protein RPE65 in the Visual Cycle. Nutrition Reviews, 63(3), 97–100. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-4887.2005.tb00127.x

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