Biology 1002B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Simple Eye In Invertebrates, Retina, Ston

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A photoreceptor (channelrhodopsin) is composed of both a pigment (retinal) and its associated protein (opsin). It is defined as the retinal being bound to the opsin. Pigments are never free molecules, but they are bound in pigment protein complexes : they are always attached to proteins (but not strongly) Four fates of the excited state of chlorophyll resulting from absorption of photons. Heat loss: energy lost as heat. Fluorescence: first a little bit of energy is lost as heat, but then the photon is spitted out . Note that this photon has a higher wavelength than the original due to a little heat loss. Photochemistry: what is really needed to occur (e. g. in eye and chloroplast), light is used to drive a chemical change, oxidizing something, changing the structure of a molecule. Only an energy transfer, not a redox reaction since elections are not being transferred. Only the energy of the electrion is exchanged.

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