Regeneration of rod visual pigments after photobleaching requires a protein called Rpe65. Several studies clarify its role in visual physiology and pathology, including a new one that shows it is required pigment regeneration in cone cells.
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Saari, J. The sights along route 65. Nat Genet 29, 8–9 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng0901-8
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