💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Photoprotein"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| photoenzymenoun | (biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a photochemical reaction |
| photopsinnoun | (biochemistry) Any of a class of photoreceptor proteins present in the cones of the retina. |
| photooxidasenoun | (biochemistry) photochemical oxidase |
| photoprotectornoun | (biochemistry) A photoprotective substance |
| proteorhodopsinnoun | (biochemistry) Any of several proteins, found in marine bacteria, that are light-dependent proton pumps. |
| photopeptidenoun | (biochemistry) Any photoactivatable peptide |
| photopigmentnoun | Any pigment that is unstable in the presence of light; used especially of the chromophore pigments in the rod cells and cone cells of the eye |
| chromoproteidnoun | Alternative form of chromoprotein. [(biochemistry) Any protein, such as haemoglobin, that has a metal-containing pigmented group such as haem.] |
| chromoproteinnoun | (biochemistry) Any protein, such as haemoglobin, that has a metal-containing pigmented group such as haem. |
| phototropinnoun | (biochemistry) Any of a class of photoreceptor flavoproteins that mediate phototropism in higher plants. |
| phototransferasenoun | (biochemistry) Any photochemical transferase |
| biliproteinnoun | (biochemistry) Any of a group of coloured conjugated protein, containing a bilin, that function as photoreceptors |
| photoacceptornoun | (biochemistry) A pigment that accepts a photon as the first stage in a photochemical reaction sequence |
| protochlorophyllnoun | A pigment that is converted to chlorophyll by the action of light |
| apophytochromenoun | (biochemistry) The apoprotein of a phytochrome |
| luminopsinnoun | (biochemistry) A bioluminescent opsin |
| phototrophinnoun | Misspelling of phototropin. [(biochemistry) Any of a class of photoreceptor flavoproteins that mediate phototropism in higher plants.] |
| chromagennoun | (biochemistry) Any compound, such as heme, that forms a biological pigment when attached to a protein |
| rhodopsinnoun | (biochemistry) A light-sensitive pigment in the rod cells of the retina; it consists of an opsin protein bound to the carotenoid retinal |
| peripherinnoun | (biochemistry) An intermediate filament protein expressed mainly in neurons of the peripheral nervous system |
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