extramelanopsin

English

Etymology

extra- +‎ melanopsin

Noun

extramelanopsin (uncountable)

1. An isomeric form of melanopsin
   • 2015 October 23, “Diversity of Active States in TMT Opsins”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     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 ].