3,4-didehydroretinal binding

Term ID

GO:0046876

Synonyms

• blue-sensitive opsin
• green-sensitive opsin
• long-wave-sensitive opsin
• opsin
• red-sensitive opsin
• short-wave-sensitive opsin
• UV-sensitive opsin
• violet-sensitive opsin

Definition

Binding to 3,4-didehydroretinal, a form of retinal that plays a role in the visual process in freshwater fish and some amphibians analogous to that of all-trans retinal in other vertebrates. 3,4-didehydro-11-cis-retinal combines with an opsin to form cyanopsin (cone) or porphyropsin (rod). 0198506732

References

Ontology

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