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rho|dop|sin — «roh DOP sihn», noun. a purplish red protein pigment that is sensitive to light, found in the rods of the retina of the eye; visual purple: »Rhodopsin was found to be the visual pigment in all vertebrates from the primitive lamprey to man… … Useful english dictionary
DOP — DOP; dop·chick; dop·ey; dop·i·ness; dop·ing·ly; dop·pel·flö·te; dop·pia; dop·pio; dop·ster; dop; en·dop·o·dite; ga·dop·sis; io·dop·sin; lep·i·dop·ter; lep·i·dop·tera; lep·i·dop·ter·ist; lep·i·dop·te·ro·log·i·cal; lep·i·dop·ter·ol·o·gist;… … English syllables
sin — ab·ra·sin; ab·sin·thin; ab·sin·thine; ab·sin·thism; ab·sin·thi·um; ab·sin·thol; ab·ys·sin·ia; ac·to·my·o·sin; ag·gres·sin; am·bro·sin; am·y·lop·sin; an·dro·sin; Anes·the·sin; an·ti·fi·bri·nol·y·sin; an·ti·ly·sin; an·ti·strep·tol·y·sin;… … English syllables
iodopsin — Any of three visual pigments, composed of 11 cis retinal bound to an opsin, found in the cones of the retina. SYN: visual violet. [G. ion, violet, + ops, eye, + in] * * * io·dop·sin .ī ə däp sən n a photosensitive violet pigment in the retinal… … Medical dictionary
lumirhodopsin — An intermediate between rhodopsin and all trans retinal plus opsin during bleaching of rhodopsin by light; formed from bathorhodopsin and converted to metarhodopsin I with a half life of about 20 μs. [L. lumen, light, + G. rhodon, rose, + opsis … Medical dictionary
metarhodopsin — A light activated form of rhodopsin; m. I is formed from lumirhodopsin and is converted to m. II; m. II is the form of rhodopsin that releases all trans retinal. * * * meta·rho·dop·sin rō däp sən n either of two intermediate compounds formed in… … Medical dictionary
rhodopsin — A purplish red thermolabile protein, MW about 40,000, found in the external segments of the rods of the retina; it is bleached by the action of light, which converts it to opsin and all trans retinal, and is restored in the dark by rhodogenesis;… … Medical dictionary
Rhodopsin — Rho|d|op|sin [↑ rhod u. ↑ Opsin], das; s, e; Syn.: Sehpurpur: ein tiefrotes lichtempfindliches Chromoprotein (MG 28 600) mit 348 Aminosäuren) mit 11 cis Retinal als prosthetischer Gruppe, die nach Art einer Schiff Base an einen Lysinrest des… … Universal-Lexikon
bathorhodopsin — batho·rho·dop·sin (bath″o ro dopґsin) a transient intermediate produced upon irradiation of rhodopsin in the visual cycle; see illustration at visual cycle, under cycle … Medical dictionary
rhodopsin kinase — rho·dop·sin ki·nase (ro dopґsin kiґnās) [EC 2.7.11.14] an enzyme that phosphorylates activated rhodopsin, enabling it to bind arrestin and thus inhibiting its binding to transducin; the reaction occurs in the deactivation of activated… … Medical dictionary
