Inflammation

Tissue response to infection or damage which serves to eliminate

Classic signs of acute inflammation are heat (calore), pain (dolore), redness (rubor), swelling (tumor), and loss of function (functio laesa).

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Resulting rise in cGMP activates protein kinase G leading to relaxation of the muscle and vasodilation

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Rod cells sense light with the aid of a light-sensitive GPCR called rhodopsin.

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Rhodopsin has two components: 

Opsin protein, member of the GPCR A family 

11-cis-retinal light-absorbing pigment

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11-cis-retinal covalently attached to the amino group of lysine residue 296 in the opsin protein

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The heterotrimeric G protein coupled to rhodopsin, called transducin (Gt)