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Bacteriorhodopsin-Structure and Function

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The basic principle of energy transduction in living systems is to create a transmembrane electric potential difference and pH gradient, the so called electrochemical energy, by proton translocation [1], Bacteriorhodopsin (BR), the protein in the plasma membrane of Halobacterium halobium turned out to be a very important molecule in understanding the mechanism of proton translocation [2]. Its main features are:

  • it is a protein-pigment complex with retinal chromophore, similar to eye-rhodopsin,

  • undergoes a cyclic reaction pathway after absorbing a photon, and

  • this photocycle is connected with proton pumping from the inside of the cell to the outside.

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Keszthelyi, L. (1990). Bacteriorhodopsin-Structure and Function. In: Milazzo, G., Blank, M. (eds) Bioelectrochemistry III. Ettore Majorana International Science Series, vol 51. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9459-5_8

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