G-protein coupled photoreceptor activity
id: GO:0008020
name: G-protein coupled photoreceptor activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: 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.
Parent Functions
id | name |
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GO:0004930 | G-protein coupled receptor activity |
GO:0009881 | photoreceptor activity |