| Unit |
Page |
Brief description |
Worksheet/Questions |
Aspects |
| A1 |
Intro to opsin |
Basics of opsin and retinal |
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| A3 |
Inside, outside |
Hydrophobic sidechains exposed in the trans-membrane region |
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hydrophobicity, structure |
| B2 |
Red-Green |
Differences in amino acid sequenced between human 'red' and 'green' opsins |
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Three changes make all the difference. Others have occurred |
| B4 |
Deep Blue |
Mammalian mammals that dive deep have adapted blue opsin |
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| B6 |
Seeing UV |
Single change lets birds do it |
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| A2 |
Retinal and Opsin |
A more chemical look |
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Schiff base lysine |
| B8 |
Cichlid fishes |
Coloration and opsins appear to be co-evolving and linked to speciation |
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| C1 |
Signaling |
Communicating what opsin 'saw' |
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GPCR and mutations |
No link? In the works (or just 'planned' :-)
