MeSH Browser

MeSH Heading: Rhodopsin
Tree Number(s): D12.776.543.750.695.955; D23.767.930.750.500.500
Unique ID: D012243
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012243
Annotation: do not confuse with ROD OPSINS or microbial rhodopsins (BACTERIORHODOPSINS)
Scope Note: A purplish-red, light-sensitive pigment found in RETINAL ROD CELLS of most vertebrates. It is a complex consisting of a molecule of ROD OPSIN and a molecule of 11-cis retinal (RETINALDEHYDE). Rhodopsin exhibits peak absorption wavelength at about 500 nm.
Entry Term(s): Visual Purple
CAS Type 1 Name: Rhodopsins
NLM Classification #: WW 270
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under RETINAL PIGMENTS 1975-90
Online Note: search RETINAL PIGMENTS 1966-74
History Note: 91(75); was see under RETINAL PIGMENTS 1975-90
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/17

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

deficiency (DF)

drug effects (DE)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
- Proteins [D12.776]
  - Membrane Proteins [D12.776.543]
    - Receptors, Cell Surface [D12.776.543.750]
      - Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled [D12.776.543.750.695]
        
        Apelin Receptors [D12.776.543.750.695.006]
        
        Calcitonin Receptor-Like Protein [D12.776.543.750.695.011]
        
        Frizzled Receptors [D12.776.543.750.695.017]
        
        Glucagon-Like Peptide Receptors [D12.776.543.750.695.021]
        
        Receptors, Kisspeptin-1 [D12.776.543.750.695.022]
        
        Orexin Receptors [D12.776.543.750.695.023]
        
        Receptor, Anaphylatoxin C5a [D12.776.543.750.695.024]
        
        Receptor, PAR-2 [D12.776.543.750.695.035]
        
        Receptors, Adrenomedullin [D12.776.543.750.695.041]
        
        Receptors, Angiotensin [D12.776.543.750.695.047]
        
        Receptors, Bombesin [D12.776.543.750.695.070]
        
        Receptors, Bradykinin [D12.776.543.750.695.080]
        
        Receptors, Calcitonin [D12.776.543.750.695.100]
        
        Receptors, Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide [D12.776.543.750.695.105]
        
        Receptors, Calcium-Sensing [D12.776.543.750.695.115]
        
        Receptors, Cannabinoid [D12.776.543.750.695.125]
        
        Receptors, Catecholamine [D12.776.543.750.695.150]
        
        Receptors, Chemokine [D12.776.543.750.695.160]
        
        Receptors, Cholecystokinin [D12.776.543.750.695.170]
        
        Receptors, Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone [D12.776.543.750.695.180]
        
        Receptors, Eicosanoid [D12.776.543.750.695.200]
        
        Receptors, Endothelin [D12.776.543.750.695.220]
        
        Receptors, Formyl Peptide [D12.776.543.750.695.235]
        
        Receptors, FSH [D12.776.543.750.695.250]
        
        Receptors, GABA-B [D12.776.543.750.695.300]
        
        Receptors, Galanin [D12.776.543.750.695.315]
        
        Receptors, Ghrelin [D12.776.543.750.695.322]
        
        Receptors, Glucagon [D12.776.543.750.695.330]
        
        Receptors, Histamine H1 [D12.776.543.750.695.350]
        
        Receptors, Histamine H2 [D12.776.543.750.695.355]
        
        Receptors, Histamine H4 [D12.776.543.750.695.358]
        
        Receptors, Islet Amyloid Polypeptide [D12.776.543.750.695.360]
        
        Receptors, LH [D12.776.543.750.695.400]
        
        Receptors, LHRH [D12.776.543.750.695.410]
        
        Receptors, Lysophospholipid [D12.776.543.750.695.420]
        
        Receptors, Melanocortin [D12.776.543.750.695.430]
        
        Receptors, Melatonin [D12.776.543.750.695.440]
        
        Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate [D12.776.543.750.695.450]
        
        Receptors, Muscarinic [D12.776.543.750.695.475]
        
        Receptors, Neuropeptide Y [D12.776.543.750.695.500]
        
        Receptors, Neurotensin [D12.776.543.750.695.550]
        
        Receptors, Odorant [D12.776.543.750.695.600]
        
        Receptors, Opioid [D12.776.543.750.695.620]
        
        Receptors, Oxytocin [D12.776.543.750.695.630]
        
        Receptors, Parathyroid Hormone [D12.776.543.750.695.650]
        
        Receptors, Pheromone [D12.776.543.750.695.660]
        
        Receptors, Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide [D12.776.543.750.695.665]
        
        Receptors, Purinergic [D12.776.543.750.695.700]
        
        Receptors, Serotonin [D12.776.543.750.695.800]
        
        Receptors, Somatostatin [D12.776.543.750.695.850]
        
        Receptors, Tachykinin [D12.776.543.750.695.862]
        
        Receptors, Thrombin [D12.776.543.750.695.875]
        
        Receptors, Vasopressin [D12.776.543.750.695.910]
        
        Rhodopsin [D12.776.543.750.695.955]
        
        Xenotropic and Polytropic Retrovirus Receptor [D12.776.543.750.695.977]

Biological Factors [D23]
- Pigments, Biological [D23.767]
  - Retinal Pigments [D23.767.930]
    - Opsins [D23.767.930.750]
      - Rod Opsins [D23.767.930.750.500]
        
        Rhodopsin [D23.767.930.750.500.500]

Rhodopsin Preferred

Rhodopsin MeSH Descriptor Data 2024