Peptide or Protein

Rhodopsin

AMW:CHEM:122068

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.

Biochemistry biochemical

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Rhodopsin has parent Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled

Rhodopsin has parent Rod Opsins

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