Rhodopsins and Phototransduction

Brings together key new results of interdisciplinary collaborations among various research fields on rhodopsin including the photoreceptive mechanism of rhodopsins, the molecular mechanism of the visual transduction process, visual processes in the retina and other transduction processes in the retina and brain. The structures of the rhodopsin molecule are studied in the fields of protein chemistry, molecular biology, organic chemistry and structural biology; the ultra fast reactions of the retinal protein are studied in physics, biophysics, physical chemistry, organic chemistry and photobiology; the phototransduction in retinal proteins and visual cells are studied in biophysics, biochemistry, biophysical chemistry and photobiology; and the localization in the tissues is studied in anatomy and histochemistry. The diversity of visual systems in various animals is studied in zoology and comparative biochemistry.

Brings together key new results of interdisciplinary collaborations among various research fields on rhodopsin including the photoreceptive mechanism of rhodopsins, the molecular mechanism of the visual transduction process, visual processes in the retina and other transduction processes in the retina and brain.The structures of the rhodopsin molecule are studied in the fields of protein chemistry, molecular biology, organic chemistry and structural biology; the ultra fast reactions of the retinal protein are studied in physics, biophysics, physical chemistry, organic chemistry and photobiology; the phototransduction in retinal proteins and visual cells are studied in biophysics, biochemistry, biophysical chemistry and photobiology; and the localization in the tissues is studied in anatomy and histochemistry. The diversity of visual systems in various animals is studied in zoology and comparative biochemistry.

Professor George Wald Memorial TalkRUTH HUBBARD and ELIJAH WALDThe ecology of visual pigmentsJ K BOWMAKEREvolution of visual pigments and related moleculesFUMIO TOKUNAGAStructure of rhodopsin obtained by electron cryo-microscopyGEBHARD F X SCHERTLERPhotons, femtoseconds and dipolar interactions: a molecular picture of the primary events in visionRICHARD A MATHIESPhotoactivation of rhodopsin: interplay between protein and chromophoreWILLEM J DEGRIPColour tuning mechanism of visual pigmentsSTEVEN W LINAmino acid residues controlling properties and functions of rod and cone visual pigmentsYOSHINORI SHICHIDASignalling states of photoactivated rhodopsinKLAUS PETER HOFMANNMolecular mechanism of visual transductionKRZYSZTOF PALCZEWSKICalcium-dependent regulation of rhodopsin phosphorylationSATORU KAWAMURAEmerging role of mass spectrometry in molecular biosciences: studies of protein phosphorylation in fly eyes as an exampleHIROYUKI MATSUMOTOCyclic GMP-gated channel and peripherin/rds-rom-1 complex of rod cellsROBERT S MOLDAYNon-visual photoreception by a variety of vertebrate opsinsDAISUKE KOJIMA