Multiple Choice
How do photoreceptors regenerate inactive cis -retinal?
A) The cell degrades the active form and synthesizes new, inactive proteins.
B) Enzymes convert trans -retinal back to the inactive conformation
C) trans -retinal reverts back to the inactive state on its own.
D) Active trans -retinal is digested by proteases to regenerate the inactive form.
E) The mechanism is not known.
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