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* Oxidation at C-15 converts retinol to the aldehyde, retinal (c), and further oxidation produces retinoic acid (d), a hormone that regulates gene expression. Retinal combines with the protein opsin to form rhodopsin (not shown), a visual pigment widespread in nature. In the dark, retinal of rhodopsin is in the 11-cis form (c). When a rhodopsin molecule is excited by visible light, the 11-cis-retinal undergoes a series of photochemical reactions that convert it to all-trans-retinal (e), forcing a change in the shape of the entire rhodopsin molecule. This transformation in the rod cell of the v