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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Membrane Proteins > Receptors, Cell Surface > Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled > Rhodopsin
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Eye Proteins > Opsins > Rod Opsins > Rhodopsin
... > Biological Factors > Pigments, Biological > Retinal Pigments > Opsins > Rod Opsins > Rhodopsin

Preferred term

Rhodopsin  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Visual Purple

Note

  • do not confuse with ROD OPSINS or microbial rhodopsins (BACTERIORHODOPSINS)

Scope note

  • A purplish-red, light-sensitive pigment found in RETINAL ROD CELLS of most vertebrates. It is a complex consisting of a molecule of ROD OPSIN and a molecule of 11-cis retinal (RETINALDEHYDE). Rhodopsin exhibits peak absorption wavelength at about 500 nm.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under RETINAL PIGMENTS 1975-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012243

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