(from the article `eye, human`) ...changes may be arrested by cooling the solution to -195° C (-319° F), at which temperature prelumirhodopsin remains stable; on warming to -140° C ...
<protein> Altered form of rhodopsin produced as a result of illumination. ... (18 Nov 1997) ... 
(loo″mĭ-ro-dop´sin) an intermediate product of exposure of rhodopsin to light.
Altered form of rhodopsin produced as a result of illumination.
Type: Term Pronunciation: lū′mi-rō-dop′sin Definitions: 1. An intermediate between rhodopsin and all-trans-retinal plus opsin during bleaching of rhodopsin by light; formed from bathorhodopsin and converted to metarhodopsin I with a half-life of about 20 μs.