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The rhodopsin belongs to the CATH Superfamily 1.20.1070.10.[http://www.cathdb.info/version/3.5.0/superfamily/1.20.1070.10]The protein <scene name='56/568017/Rhodopsin/1'>rhodopsin</scene> has 7 transmembrane alpha helices, embedded in the plasma membrane. These helices are connected to each other by protein loops.

The rhodopsin harvests energy from light to carry out metabolic processes using a non-chlorophyll-based pathway. Thanks to the retinal, the light induces a phototactic response by interacting with transducer membrane-embedded proteins that have no relation to G proteins.<ref name="Stuart_1996"/><ref name="Hofmann_1996">{{cite book | author = Hofmann KP, Heck M | authorlink = | editor = Lee AG | others = | title = Rhodopsin and G-Protein Linked Receptors, Part A (Vol 2, 1996) (2 Vol Set) | edition = | language = | publisher = JAI Press | location = Greenwich, Conn | year = 1996 | origyear = | pages = 141–198 | quote = | isbn = 1-55938-659-2 | chapter = Light-induced protein-protein interactions on the rod photoreceptor disc membrane | doi = | url = | accessdate = }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://webvision.med.utah.edu/photo1.html| title = Webvision: Photoreceptors| author = Kolb H, Fernandez E, Nelson R, Jones BW | authorlink = | coauthors = | date = 2010-03-01 | work = | publisher = University of Utah | pages = | language = | archiveurl = | archivedate = | quote = | accessdate = }}</ref> There are four different rhodopsins with different structures: A, B, D, E.

The rhodopsin harvests energy from light to carry out metabolic processes using a non-chlorophyll-based pathway. Thanks to the retinal, the light induces a phototactic response by interacting with transducer membrane-embedded proteins that have no relation to G proteins. There are four different rhodopsins with different structures: A, B, D, E.

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	The rhodopsin belongs to the CATH Superfamily 1.20.1070.10.[http://www.cathdb.info/version/3.5.0/superfamily/1.20.1070.10]The protein <scene name='56/568017/Rhodopsin/1'>rhodopsin</scene> has 7 transmembrane alpha helices, embedded in the plasma membrane. These helices are connected to each other by protein loops.		The rhodopsin belongs to the CATH Superfamily 1.20.1070.10.[http://www.cathdb.info/version/3.5.0/superfamily/1.20.1070.10]The protein <scene name='56/568017/Rhodopsin/1'>rhodopsin</scene> has 7 transmembrane alpha helices, embedded in the plasma membrane. These helices are connected to each other by protein loops.

	The rhodopsin harvests energy from light to carry out metabolic processes using a non-chlorophyll-based pathway. Thanks to the retinal, the light induces a phototactic response by interacting with transducer membrane-embedded proteins that have no relation to G proteins.<ref name="Stuart_1996"/><ref name="Hofmann_1996">{{cite book \| author = Hofmann KP, Heck M \| authorlink = \| editor = Lee AG \| others = \| title = Rhodopsin and G-Protein Linked Receptors, Part A (Vol 2, 1996) (2 Vol Set) \| edition = \| language = \| publisher = JAI Press \| location = Greenwich, Conn \| year = 1996 \| origyear = \| pages = 141–198 \| quote = \| isbn = 1-55938-659-2 \| chapter = Light-induced protein-protein interactions on the rod photoreceptor disc membrane \| doi = \| url = \| accessdate = }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url = http://webvision.med.utah.edu/photo1.html\| title = Webvision: Photoreceptors\| author = Kolb H, Fernandez E, Nelson R, Jones BW \| authorlink = \| coauthors = \| date = 2010-03-01 \| work = \| publisher = University of Utah \| pages = \| language = \| archiveurl = \| archivedate = \| quote = \| accessdate = }}</ref> There are four different rhodopsins with different structures: A, B, D, E.		The rhodopsin harvests energy from light to carry out metabolic processes using a non-chlorophyll-based pathway. Thanks to the retinal, the light induces a phototactic response by interacting with transducer membrane-embedded proteins that have no relation to G proteins. There are four different rhodopsins with different structures: A, B, D, E.