Rhodopsin

Language: English

Pronunciation: rhodop-sin

Part of Speech: noun

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

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"a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light"

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