Retinal Schiff base position relative to the surfaces of photoreceptor disk.
Surface-enhanced Raman spectra of native and photobleached bovine rod outer segment disks as well as inside-out (inverted) photoreceptor disks adsorbed on silver hydrosol have been analyzed. Surface-enhanced spectra of inverted disks and disk-monoclonal antibody complexes reveal the short-range mechanism of enhancement. The distance between retinal Schiff base and the cytoplasmic side of native disk has been shown to be 5-10 A.
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D006217:Halobacterium; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D012172:Retinaldehyde / Q000378:metabolism*; D012176:Retinoids / Q000378:metabolism*; D012374:Rod Cell Outer Segment / Q000378:metabolism; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds
D012176:Retinoids; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; C005732:thioacetic acid; D012172:Retinaldehyde