metamelanopsin
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From meta- + melanopsin.
Noun
[edit]metamelanopsin (uncountable)
- (biochemistry) A form of melanopsin containing the all-trans isomer of retinal
- 2015 October 23, “Diversity of Active States in TMT Opsins”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- 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 ].