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Words related to retinal

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  • bacteriorhodopsin

    a purple protein containing retinal and found in the plasma membrane of certain bacteria (genus Halobacterium): it directly supplies electrochemical energy from sunlight

  • chromoprotein

    any of a group of conjugated proteins, such as haemoglobin, in which the protein is joined to a coloured compound, such as a metal-containing porphyrin

  • compound eye

    the convex eye of insects and some crustaceans, consisting of numerous separate light-sensitive units (ommatidia)

  • iodopsin

    a photosensitive violet pigment that occurs in the cones of the retina and is transformed by light into retinal and an opsin protein.

  • ocellus

    a type of simple eye common to invertebrates, consisting of retinal cells, pigments, and nerve fibers.
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