Vertebrate visual opsin (redirect from Porphyropsin)
opsins are called scotopsins when unbound to retinal and rhodopsins or porphyropsins when bound to retinal (1 and 2, respectively). Rod opsins mediate scotopic...
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distinct types of opsins, porphyropsin and rhodopsin. They are present in the rods of the retina. Fresh water fishes have porphyropsin; marine ones and land...
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Its retina is made up entirely of rods and no cones, with rhodopsin/porphyropsin pairs and a single opsin bound to some of its photoreceptors, which provide...
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pigments in some deep-sea fishes: segregation of 'paired' rhodopsins and porphyropsins" over 125 times. 2002: The Biology of the Deep Ocean. Oxford University...
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red-shifted light, as their retinae have long-wave absorbing rhodopsins and porphyropsins that can detect wavelengths of up to 590 nm. Aristostomias can detect...
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