(thing) by BioTech Thu Jul 11 2002 at 23:01:07
This protein binds to retinol or Vitamin A aldehyde to produce rhodopsin, the pigment in the retina that allows night vision.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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