OPSIN


Meaning of OPSIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈäp-sən ]

noun

Etymology: probably from rhodopsin

Date: 1951

: any of various colorless proteins that in combination with retinal or a related prosthetic group form a visual pigment (as rhodopsin) in a reaction reversible by light

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