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rhodopsin
[ roh-dop-sin ]
noun
- a bright-red photosensitive pigment found in the rod-shaped cells of the retina of certain fishes and most higher vertebrates: it is broken down by the action of dim light into retinal and opsin.
rhodopsin
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noun
- a red pigment in the rods of the retina in vertebrates. It is dissociated by light into retinene, the light energy being converted into nerve signals, and is re-formed in the dark Also calledvisual purple See also iodopsin
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of rhodopsin1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of rhodopsin1
Example Sentences
"We were able to help solve the mechanism of this disease with a mouse model with a very low expression level of G90D rhodopsin."
These include the rhodopsin molecules in the retina of the eye, which play a crucial role in converting light into the electrical signals that create our sense of vision in the brain.
This can happen with all kinds of genetic information and is particularly common with rhodopsin proteins.
Because mitochondria can make ATP efficiently, adding rhodopsin could provide a lot of energy directly from the Sun, just as photosynthesis does.
They pinpointed two spots—site 94 and 178 on the sharks’ DNA—where there were mutations that altered the amino acid composition of the rhodopsin protein.
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