Functional characterization of flavobacteria rhodopsins reveals a unique class of light-driven chloride pump in bacteria

Light-activated, ion-pumping rhodopsins are broadly distributed among many different bacteria and archaea inhabiting the photic zone of aquatic environments. Bacterial proton- or sodium-translocating rhodopsins can convert light energy into a chemiosmotic force that can be converted into cellular bi...

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Main Authors: Yoshizawa, Susumu, Kumagai, Yohei, Kim, Hana, Ogura, Yoshitoshi, Hayashi, Tetsuya, Iwasaki, Wataru, DeLong, Edward, Kogure, Kazuhiro
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/91985