Protein Ontology Report - animal opsin PR:000001119 - http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PR_000001119

Ontology Information
PRO ID	PR:000001119 Show OBO stanza / GPI
PRO name	animal opsin
Synonyms	Other: EXACT: opsin receptor | type II opsin
Definition	A rhodopsin-like G-protein coupled receptor that is a translation product of the human OPN1LW, OPN1MW, OPN1SW, RHO, OPN3, OPN4, or OPN5 genes, 1:1 orthologs thereof, or a semi-ortholog thereof in Metazoa. The active form binds a vitamin A-based retinaldehyde chromophore through a Schiff base linkage to a Lys residue in the seventh transmembrane alpha helix. [PRO:WCB, PRO:XQ, Wikipedia:Opsin]
PRO Category	family
Parent	PR:000001094 rhodopsin-like G-protein coupled receptor
Taxon	NCBITaxon:33208 Metazoa
Term Hierarchy Visualization	DAG     OLS     Cytoscape

Related Cross References
DB identifiers	IUPHARfam:975, PIRSF:PIRSF038544

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