extramelanopsin
English
Etymology
extra- + melanopsin
Noun
extramelanopsin (uncountable)
- An isomeric form of melanopsin
- 2015 October 23, “Diversity of Active States in TMT Opsins”, in PLOS ONE, DOI: :
- In squid and octopus rhodopsins, acid metarhodopsin (all-trans form) shows light-dependent conversion mainly to the original rhodopsins (11-cis form) at 0°C [16, 17 ], whereas metamelanopsin (all-trans form) is converted to extramelanopsin (7-cis form) in addition to the original melanopsin (11-cis form) [10 ].
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