This term is obsolete.

GO:0007601 JSON

visual perception

Biological Process

Definition (GO:0007601 GONUTS page)

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.

92,873 annotations

Synonyms

Synonyms are alternative words or phrases closely related in meaning to the term name, with indication of the relationship between the name and synonym given by the synonym scope.

Synonym Type
sense of sight exact
vision exact
sensory visual perception exact

Ancestor Chart

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Child Terms

This table lists all terms that are direct descendants (child terms) of GO:0007601

Child Term Relationship to
GO:0007601
detection of light stimulus involved in visual perception
part_of
visual perception involved in equilibrioception
is_a

Taxon Constraints

The use of this term should conform to the following taxon constraints:

Ancestor GO ID Ancestor GO Term Name Relationship Taxon ID Taxon Reference(s)
GO:0007601 visual perception Only in Taxon 33208 Metazoa

More information on taxon constraints in GO is available here

Cross-references

Database ID Description
InterPro IPR000378 Opsin red/green sensitive
InterPro IPR000830 Peripherin/rom-1
InterPro IPR001760 Opsin
InterPro IPR001793 Retinal pigment epithelium GPCR
InterPro IPR002262 Gap junction alpha-3 protein (Cx46)
InterPro IPR002956 Bride of sevenless protein
InterPro IPR002962 Peropsin
InterPro IPR004817 Sodium/potassium/calcium exchanger 1
InterPro IPR005951 Retinal-specific ATP-binding cassette transporter
InterPro IPR006952 Retinal cGMP phosphodiesterase, gamma subunit

Co-occurring Terms

These tables show the number of times the term listed in the table has been co-annotated.

No co-occurrence statistics for GO:0007601 based on ALL annotations
The top 100 of 2,701 co-occurring terms
Co-occurring Term PR S% #Together #Compared
visual perception
2,185.49 100.00 89,197 89,197
phototransduction
1,477.47 31.57 33,180 49,080
photoreceptor activity
779.13 19.51 26,862 75,349
lens development in camera-type eye
1,605.45 18.21 17,382 23,662
structural constituent of eye lens
1,547.31 18.08 17,423 24,609
photoreceptor outer segment
1,306.64 15.52 15,461 25,860
detection of light stimulus
2,153.76 9.95 8,892 9,023
photoreceptor inner segment
866.73 7.78 7,869 19,842
G protein-coupled receptor activity
110.99 4.76 38,138 750,974
G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway
99.78 4.32 39,570 866,741
Totals 433923 6305075
No co-occurrence statistics for GO:0007601 based on MANUAL annotations
The top 100 of 1,546 co-occurring terms
Co-occurring Term PR S% #Together #Compared
visual perception
1,495.14 100.00 864 864
structural constituent of eye lens
1,316.08 32.52 294 334
lens development in camera-type eye
785.94 26.24 297 565
photoreceptor inner segment
334.85 7.40 86 384
photoreceptor outer segment
213.91 6.63 95 664
cone photoreceptor outer segment
974.10 4.85 43 66
calcium sensitive guanylate cyclase activator activity
683.95 4.70 43 94
retina development in camera-type eye
152.13 4.48 64 629
eye photoreceptor cell development
333.25 3.73 37 166
photoreceptor cell maintenance
180.97 3.59 42 347
Totals 3432 36481

Change Log

Timestamp Action Category Detail
2024-09-05 Added CONSTRAINT in_taxon NCBITaxon:33208 (Metazoa)
2020-02-28 Deleted XREF MIPS_funcat:34.11.01.03
2020-02-28 Deleted XREF MIPS_funcat:36.25.01.01
2019-05-04 Added XREF MIPS_funcat:36.25.01.01
2019-05-04 Added XREF MIPS_funcat:34.11.01.03
2009-03-15 Added XREF Wikipedia:Visual_perception
2008-05-13 Added DEFINITION 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.
2008-05-12 Deleted DEFINITION 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.
2008-04-01 Updated RELATION is a GO:0050953 (sensory perception of light stimulus)
2007-08-09 Deleted SYNONYM sense of sight
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2004-02-19 Updated TERM visual perception
2002-02-06 Updated TERM vision
2001-04-03 Updated TERM vision
2001-03-30 Added TERM vision
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2008-05-13 Added DEFINITION 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.
2008-05-12 Deleted DEFINITION 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.
2007-08-09 Deleted SYNONYM sense of sight
2007-08-09 Added SYNONYM sensory visual perception
2007-08-09 Added SYNONYM sense of sight
2007-08-09 Deleted SYNONYM vision
2007-08-09 Deleted SYNONYM sensory visual perception
2007-08-09 Added SYNONYM vision
2005-09-19 Added SYNONYM sense of sight
2005-09-19 Added SYNONYM sensory visual perception
2004-04-19 Added SYNONYM vision
2004-04-16 Deleted SYNONYM vision
2004-02-25 Updated DEFINITION 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.
2004-02-19 Added SYNONYM vision
2004-02-19 Updated DEFINITION The series of events required 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.
2001-08-06 Added DEFINITION The processing of signals, which result from perception of light, into the form of an image.
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2008-04-01 Updated RELATION is a GO:0050953 (sensory perception of light stimulus)
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2020-02-28 Deleted XREF MIPS_funcat:34.11.01.03
2020-02-28 Deleted XREF MIPS_funcat:36.25.01.01
2019-05-04 Added XREF MIPS_funcat:36.25.01.01
2019-05-04 Added XREF MIPS_funcat:34.11.01.03
2009-03-15 Added XREF Wikipedia:Visual_perception
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2024-09-05 Added CONSTRAINT in_taxon NCBITaxon:33208 (Metazoa)
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