Bleach And Recycle
The "bleach and recycle" process is used within the retina to ensure that the chromophore, 11-cis retinal, is present within opsin molecules in sufficient quantities to allow phototransduction to occur. To understand the process, we must look first at where the retina gets its vitamin A (retinol) derivatives from.
Read more about Bleach And Recycle: Retinoid Transport To The Retina, The Bleach and Recycle Pathway, ABCR Pathway, RGR Regulation of Recycling, Alternate Cone Pathway, Leber's Congenital Amaurosis
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“Few colors last; with their eternal thirst, time and light suck on them, and they bleach the black doctor’s hat until it’s grey like a dunce’s cap.”
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