opsin

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Definitions

noun

Any of a group of light-sensitive proteins in the retina.

Related words

Synonyms

peropsin rhodopsin photopsin bacterioopsin conopsin channelopsin pinopsin xenopsin parapinopsin iodopsin encephalopsin panopsin cnidopsin luminopsin bolinopsin proteorhodopsin

Associated

chromophore retinol retinal pigment ganglion epithelium vertebrate retina kinase cones meta

Rhymes

rhodopsin drops in stops in backdrops in bookshops in chops in cops in countertops in crops in cyclops in

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