Formation of Meta III during the decay of activated rhodopsin proceeds via Meta I and not via Meta II.
Vogel R, Siebert F, Zhang XY, Fan G, Sheves M.
Vogel R, et al.
Biochemistry. 2004 Jul 27;43(29):9457-66. doi: 10.1021/bi049337u.
Biochemistry. 2004.
PMID: 15260488
Thermal isomerization of the retinal Schiff base C=N double bond is known to trigger the decay of rhodopsin's Meta I/Meta II photoproduct equilibrium to the inactive Meta III state [Vogel, R., Siebert, F., Mathias, G., Tavan, P., Fan, G., and Sheves, M. (2003) Bioch …
Thermal isomerization of the retinal Schiff base C=N double bond is known to trigger the decay of rhodopsin's Meta I/Meta II photoproduct eq …