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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Archaeal Proteins > Bacteriorhodopsins
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Carrier Proteins > Membrane Transport Proteins > Ion Pumps > Cation Transport Proteins > Proton Pumps > Bacteriorhodopsins
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Membrane Proteins > Membrane Transport Proteins > Ion Pumps > Cation Transport Proteins > Proton Pumps > Bacteriorhodopsins
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Photoreceptors, Microbial > Rhodopsins, Microbial > Bacteriorhodopsins

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Bacteriorhodopsins  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Bacteriorhodopsin

Note

  • do not confuse with BACTERIAL RHODOPSINS see RHODOPSINS, MICROBIAL

Scope note

  • Rhodopsins found in the PURPLE MEMBRANE of halophilic archaea such as HALOBACTERIUM HALOBIUM. Bacteriorhodopsins function as an energy transducers, converting light energy into electrochemical energy via PROTON PUMPS.

History note

  • 2002(1976)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001436

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