xenopsin

English

Noun

xenopsin (countable and uncountable, plural xenopsins)

  1. (uncountable, biochemistry) An octapeptide present in the frog Xenopus laevis[1]
  2. (countable, biochemistry) A group of opsins, which are confined to molluscs, rotifers, brachiopods, and cnidarians[2]

References
  1. Araki, Kengo, Tachibana, Shinro, Uchiyama, Mikio, Nakajima, Terumi, Yasuhara, Tadashi (1973) “Isolation and Structure of a New Active Peptide "Xenopsin"on the Smooth Muscle, especially on a Strip of Fundus from a Rat Stomach, from the Skin of Xenopus laevis”, in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, volume 21, number 12, →DOI, pages 2801–2804
  2. Ramirez, Md, Pairett, An, Pankey, Ms, Serb, Jm, Speiser, Di, Swafford, Aj, Oakley, Th (2016 October 26) “The last common ancestor of most bilaterian animals possessed at least 9 opsins”, in Genome Biology and Evolution, →DOI, page evw248
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