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Accession
GO:0008020
Name
G protein-coupled photoreceptor activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
G protein coupled photoreceptor activity, G-protein coupled photoreceptor activity, photoreceptor activity, G-protein coupled
Alternate IDs
GO:0004975
Definition
Combining with incidental electromagnetic radiation, particularly visible light, and transmitting the signal across the membrane by activating an associated G-protein; promotes the exchange of GDP for GTP on the alpha subunit of a heterotrimeric G-protein complex. Source: GOC:dph, ISBN:0198506732, GOC:bf
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Subset
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Parents of G protein-coupled photoreceptor activity (GO:0008020)
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G protein-coupled photoreceptor activity [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  detection of visible light (GO:0009584)
G protein-coupled photoreceptor activity [is_a relation] is_a  photoreceptor activity (GO:0009881)
G protein-coupled photoreceptor activity [is_a relation] is_a  G protein-coupled receptor activity (GO:0004930)

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