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Different orientation of retinals in BR and KR2. The retinals in crystallographic structures of BR trimer (right, PDB ID: 1BRR)50 and KR2 pentamer (right, PDB ID: 4XTN)9 are highlighted in yellow. Magenta arrows indicate the orientation of retinals.