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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National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/91985 |