Term Information

Accession
GO:0005502
Name
11-cis retinal binding
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
11-cis retinaldehyde binding, 11-cis-retinal binding, vitamin A binding
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Definition
Binding to 11-cis retinal, an isomer of retinal that plays an important role in the visual process in most vertebrates. 11-cis retinal combines with opsin in the rods (scotopsin) to form rhodopsin or visual purple. Retinal is one of the three compounds that makes up vitamin A. Source: PMID:24403072
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0005502 at QuickGO
Subset
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11-cis retinal binding [is_a relation] is_a  retinal binding (GO:0016918)

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