Identification of the Cl(-)-binding site in the human red and green color vision pigments.

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Chloride ions are known to bind and alter the absorption spectra of some but not all visual pigments. In this report, the human red and green color vision pigments are shown to bind Cl- and to undergo a large red shift in their absorption maxima. Mutation of 18 different positively charged amino acids in these pigments identified two residues, His197 and Lys200, in the Cl(-)-binding site. His197 and Lys200 are...

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