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Descriptor English: Rhodopsin
Descriptor Spanish: Rodopsina
Descriptor rodopsina
Entry term(s) púrpura visual
Scope note: Pigmento rojo purpúreo, sensible a la luz que se encuentra en las CÉLULAS RETINIANAS BASTONES de la mayoría de los vertebrados. Es un complejo compuesto de una molécula de OPSINA DEL BASTÓN y una molécula de 11-cis retinal (RETINALDEHIDO). Presenta un pico de absorción de longitud de onda de alrededor de 500 nm.
Descriptor Portuguese: Rodopsina
Descriptor French: Rhodopsine
Entry term(s): Visual Purple
Tree number(s): D12.776.543.750.695.955
D23.767.930.750.500.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012243
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: do not confuse with ROD OPSINS or microbial rhodopsins (BACTERIORHODOPSINS)
Allowable Qualifiers: AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BI biosynthesis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
DE drug effects
DF deficiency
EC economics
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PH physiology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UL ultrastructure
UR urine
Registry Number: 9009-81-8
CAS Type 1 Name: Rhodopsins
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under RETINAL PIGMENTS 1975-90
Online Note: search RETINAL PIGMENTS 1966-74
History Note: 91(75); was see under RETINAL PIGMENTS 1975-90
DeCS ID: 12651
Unique ID: D012243
NLM Classification: WW 270
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/17
Rhodopsin - Preferred
Concept UI M0019047
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Rhodopsin
Entry term(s) Visual Purple



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