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Chapter 15: Q15.115CP (page 683)

Question: Which features of the retinal make it so valuable as a photon absorber in the visual systems of organisms?

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Retinal is used as a photo absorber due to its conjugation system and the C11-C12 cis bond as shown:

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Retinal

Retinal contain the aldehyde bond at the side-chain terminal, which is also called retinal aldehyde. It is bounded to a protein named opsin, which helps in the photon absorption, and it is a derivative of vitamin A, also named vitamin A aldehyde.

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Retinal as photon absorber

Retinal is used as a photon absorber and absorbs the peak of 500nm, which is almost equal to sun energy produced by sin; hence when sunlight falls on the eye retina absorbs it, and its cis unsaturated bond between C11 and C12 is d get reduced to a single bond shows the retina absorb light due to cis bond.

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