rhodopsin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A light-sensitive pigment in the rod cells of the retina; it consists of an opsin protein bound to the carotenoid retinal

rhodopsin rhodopsins

From Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”), due to its pinkish color, and ὄψις (ópsis, “sight”).

visual purple

conopsin

bacteriorhodopsin bathorhodopsin channelrhodopsin gloeorhodopsin halorhodopsin isorhodopsin metarhodopsin photorhodopsin xanthorhodopsin

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