parietopsin

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noun

Any of a group of opsins in the parietal eye of some lizards

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Meanings

nounparietopsin (plural parietopsins)

plural parietopsins

  1. biochemistryAny of a group of opsins in the parietal eye of some lizards

    It has been reported that parietopsin, first identified in the parietal eye, is colocalized with and coupled to Go-type G protein in the photoreceptor cells of the lizard parietal eye [31 ].

    2015 October 23, “Activation of Transducin by Bistable Pigment Parapinopsin in the Pineal Organ of Lower Vertebrates”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From parieto- + opsin.

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