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English
Etymology
From extra- + melanopsin.
Noun
extramelanopsin (uncountable)
- An isomeric form of melanopsin
2015 October 23, “Diversity of Active States in TMT Opsins”, in PLOS ONE, →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 ].