Rhodopsin

"Rhodopsin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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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.

Descriptor ID	D012243
MeSH Number(s)	D12.776.543.750.695.955 D23.767.930.750.500.500
Concept/Terms	Rhodopsin Rhodopsin Visual Purple

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
Proteins [D12.776]
Membrane Proteins [D12.776.543]
Receptors, Cell Surface [D12.776.543.750]
Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled [D12.776.543.750.695]
Rhodopsin [D12.776.543.750.695.955]
Biological Factors [D23]
Pigments, Biological [D23.767]
Retinal Pigments [D23.767.930]
Opsins [D23.767.930.750]
Rod Opsins [D23.767.930.750.500]
Rhodopsin [D23.767.930.750.500.500]

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