EOG8323D9 GO:0016021 19/98 integral component of membrane cellular_component "The component of a membrane consisting of the gene products and protein complexes having at least some part of their peptide sequence embedded in the hydrophobic region of the membrane." [GOC:dos, GOC:go_curators] EOG8323D9 GO:0004930 19/98 G-protein coupled receptor activity molecular_function "Combining with an extracellular signal 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." [GOC:bf, http://www.iuphar-db.org, Wikipedia:GPCR] EOG8323D9 GO:0009881 8/98 photoreceptor activity molecular_function "The function of absorbing and responding to incidental electromagnetic radiation, particularly visible light. The response may involve a change in conformation." [GOC:ai, GOC:go_curators] EOG8323D9 GO:0018298 8/98 protein-chromophore linkage biological_process "The covalent or noncovalent attachment of a chromophore to a protein." [GOC:ma] EOG8323D9 GO:0007601 1/98 visual perception biological_process "The series of events required for an organism to receive a visual stimulus, convert it to a molecular signal, and recognize and characterize the signal. Visual stimuli are detected in the form of photons and are processed to form an image." [GOC:ai]