The invention relates to activation by inhibitor release (AIR) switches and chemically disruptable heterodimers (CDH), their use in controlling cell signaling components, and their use for treatments and therapies.
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Vision is initiated by the rhodopsin family of light-sensitive G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs)(1). A photon is absorbed by the 11-cis retinal chromophore of rhodopsin, which isomerizes within 200 femtoseconds to the all-trans conformation(2), thereby i ...