title: The kinetics of formation of metarhodopsin in intact photoreceptors of the fly.
abstract: The formation of metarhodopsin in fly photoreceptor no. 1--6 occurs at room temperature with a time constant of 125 microseconds (Q10 approximately 2.5). The formation of rhodopsin is faster by factor of 1/10 to 1/100 at least.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004175:Diptera; D007700:Kinetics; D008027:Light; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D012168:Retinal Pigments / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D012243:Rhodopsin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012168:Retinal Pigments; D012243:Rhodopsin