3-Dehydroretinal in the eye of a bioluminescent squid, Watasenia scintillans.
3-Dehydroretinal was found in the retina of a bioluminescent squid, Watasenia scintillans. The possible vitamin A2-visual pigment was localized in the ventral part of the eye and its proportion was about 15% of the total visual pigment.
D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D049832:Decapodiformes / Q000032:analysis*; D005123:Eye / Q000032:analysis*; D008027:Light; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D012168:Retinal Pigments / Q000032:analysis; D012172:Retinaldehyde / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis; D012176:Retinoids; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000032:analysis
D012168:Retinal Pigments; D012176:Retinoids; C024366:vitamin A2; D014801:Vitamin A; C017184:dehydroretinal; D012172:Retinaldehyde