Retinal Pigments [retinální pigmenty]
- Terms
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Retinal Photoreceptor Pigment
Retinal Photoreceptor Pigments
Retinal Pigment
Visual Pigment
Visual Pigments
Photosensitive protein complexes of varied light absorption properties which are expressed in the PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS. They are OPSINS conjugated with VITAMIN A-based chromophores. Chromophores capture photons of light, leading to the activation of opsins and a biochemical cascade that ultimately excites the photoreceptor cells.
- Annotation
- not for deposition of pigments in the retina (= RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA)
- DUI
- D012168 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0018950
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