Removal of a large fragment of rhodopsin without changes in its spectral properties, by proteolysis of retinal rod outer segments.
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D003624:Darkness; D003720:Densitometry; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D007461:Iodoacetates; D007700:Kinetics; D008027:Light; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010206:Papain; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells; D012168:Retinal Pigments; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013997:Time Factors; D014461:Ultracentrifugation
D007461:Iodoacetates; D012168:Retinal Pigments; D010206:Papain