Planteome: Term Details for "all-trans retinal binding" (GO:0005503)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0005503
Name: all-trans retinal binding
Ontology: molecular_function
Synonyms: all-trans retinaldehyde binding, trans retinal binding, visual yellow binding, xanthopsin, vitamin A binding
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: Binding to all-trans retinal, a compound that plays an important role in the visual process in most vertebrates. All-trans retinal (trans r., visual yellow) results from the bleaching of rhodopsin by light, in which the 11-cis form is converted to the all-trans form. Retinal is one of the forms of vitamin A. Source: GOC:curators
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0005503 at QuickGO
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to all-trans retinal binding.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to all-trans retinal binding.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for all-trans retinal binding.
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