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iodopsin

iodopsin

n. any one of three photopigments found in the retinal cones. Each consists of 11-cis-retinal combined with one of three different opsins, each of which confers a different wavelength sensitivity on the iodopsin. Also called cone opsin. See also rhodopsin.

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