Johns Hopkins University, Department of Neuroscience
 


Scheme of phototransduction in rods. Symbols: hv, photon; Rh, rhodpsin; Rh*, photoactivated rhodopsin; Rh*~P, phosphorylated form of Rh*; GCAP, guanylate cyclase-activating protein; +, stimulation or positive modulation: -, inhibition or negative modulation.

 

 

 

 

 

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