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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1990
Tadashi Ishibashi, Kumagaya, JP;
Hiroaki Kezuka, Saitama, JP;
Saeko Yoshino, Kawagoe, JP;
Norio Shimizu, Sayama, JP;
Motoyuki Tsuda, Himeji, JP;
Shuji Imazeki, Saitama, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention relates to a monoclonal antibody which binds to octopus rhodopsin and octopus metarhodopsin wherein said monoclonal antibody binds with higher affinity to metarhodopsin than to rhodopsin and does not inhibit rhodopsin-metarhodopsin interconversion upon exposure to blue or red light. The monoclonal antibody binds to a peptide having the sequence Val-Ile-Gly-Arg-Pro-Met-Ala-Ala-Ser-Lys-Lys-Met-Ser. The photochemical reaction of rhodopsin thin layers may be detected using the anti-rhodopsin monoclonal antibodies of the invention.