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The light-energy transducing purple membrane within the cell membrane of the Halo-bacteria forms large patches (for a recent review see Henderson, 1977). It is composed of only one protein species called bacteriorhodopsin (bR) which comprises 75% of the dry weight of purple membrane (Oesterhelt and Stoeckenius, 1971). It contains approximately ten negatively charged lipid molecules per molecule of bR. Trimers of bR form a highly stable 2-D crystal belonging to the hexagonal system with p3 symmetry (Blaurock and Stoeckenius, 1971; Blaurock, 1975; Henderson and Unwin 1975).
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Michel, H., Oesterhelt, D., Henderson, R. (1980). Formation of a New 2-D-Crystalline Form of Purple Membrane with Orthorhombic Lattice. In: Baumeister, W., Vogell, W. (eds) Electron Microscopy at Molecular Dimensions. Proceedings in Life Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67688-8_8
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