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in 1876. The name rhodopsin derives from Ancient Greek for "rose", due to its pinkish color, and for "sight". It was coined in 1878 by the German physiologist Wilhelm Friedrich Kühne (1837-1900).

When George Wald discovered that rhodopsin is a holoprotein, consisting of retinal and an apoprotein, he

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